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Over the past 24 hours we have been inundated with snaps showing the shocking extent of the problem, from litter-strewn pavements to bursting bags piled high beside communal bins.
Councillor Lesley Hinds, the city’s environment leader, said she would act on images brought to her attention – and “look to see what action can be taken to ensure it does not happen again”.
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http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/council-vows-to-take-action-on-rubbish-following-evening-news-pledge-1-4224498
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and “look to see what action can be taken to ensure it does not happen again”.
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Well yes, obviously she's said similar many times.
As has been pointed out up thread, a real problem is 'behaviour' - probably more of the public than the CEC workers.
Obviously it ought to be possible for the bin people to do their routes without forgetting a bin or leaving mess.
There used to be a system where another vehicle and more people followed the bin lorry to deal with spillages. - obviously not cheap.
Clearly the 'balance' between buying/discarding too much stuff/filling the bins 'properly'/ emptying before they are too full (recycling bins too) is not being achieved - but it's not simple. Apart from 'more rubbish after Christmas' there is obviously a lot of randomness to when extra/large amounts of unwanted things appear in any particular street.
LAs are under all sorts of pressure - not least because of the council tax freeze. On the face of it the refuse collection system needs improving, and educating the public is hard going.
It might well be that more money needs to be put into 'cleansing' (as it used to be called).
So, cuts somewhere or higher Council Tax?
Perhaps LH and AB are leaving politics because of refuse grief not cycling grief!
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