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Ongoing problem with commercial bins from Commercial premises
Reported in the Rubbish (refuse and recycling) category by David Reid at 11:53, Tue 5 May 2009
Sent to Lambeth Borough Council 2 minutes later
This is an ongoing problem. The residents complain. There are no restaurants on Tradescant Road there are no commercial premises. Tradescant Road comes out twice on the Stockwell road with a middle tine Walberswick Road. The same problem has been experienced on all three similar parts of the street in the past. The commercial premises on South Lambeth Road have put their bins on these streets and some of the owners sometimes do not close the lids or they overfill the bins and this also encourages fly tipping. The result is a complete mess and nightmare for residents. However out of sight out of mind for the commercial premises. Also no ugly bins in front of their premises. A narrowing of the footpath to advantage the commercial owners in keeping parking outside their premises makes it difficult for some to have bins directly outside but not impossible. One commercial bin on Tradescant has been overfull and spilling onto the road for a week now. My neighbours and I have had enough and the bins have dissapeared from the other parts of Tradescant and Walberswick. Yet this part of Tradescant closest to the Tait is still suffering. I believe it is the responsibility of street care to co-ordinate and solve the problem. I have met with an environmental services officer in the past who has agreed to reduce the number of commercial bins and to organise more regular collections. They have suggested meetings with the commercial premises and residents but then not carried it through. Yet after a short while the number of bins increases again with resulting fly tipping problems. A private commercial company seems to provide most of the bins now. When I rang them today they said we have no clients on Tradescant Road and they are right. Why then are the bins from commercial premises on south lambeth road placed on the footpath and in the gutter of Tradescant Road. Why given that some of the owners overfill their bins or do not close the lide and this encourages fly tipping and has done so ever since they've been there, are they not removed? Why can this problem not be solved given the number of individual complaints by residents? Why are the commercial premises advantaged to the detriment of the residents? Please help
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