Council workers refuse to collect overflowing bins in case lids flip open in wind & hit them in face
COUNCIL workers are refusing to collect overflowing bins in case the lids flip open in the wind and hit them in the face.
Instead, they put red stickers on the side of the bins and leave rubbish until the next collection in two weeks.
Yellow warning stickers are put on those with slightly open lids.
Waste left next to bins will also be ignored.
But one resident in Retford, Notts, fumed: “People will resort to fly-tipping or have to stack rubbish in homes.”
Aimee Saxby added: “How stupid! Empty the bins every week if you want a flat lid.”
And Suzie Self said: “We are a seven-person household. I don’t think there is ever a week where my lid shuts.”
Bassetlaw district council, which imposed the new rules, said: “Refuse crews can be injured or hurt by raised lids that can blow up into faces in blustery conditions.
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“They can also allow the spread of litter and encourage vermin.”