| Topic: | Response from the council | |
| Posted by: | PutneySW15 Editor | |
| Date/Time: | 06/07/16 11:54:00 |
| “The council is working hard to keep Wandsworth’s streets clean and this includes testing out new trial schemes to gauge their effectiveness in the battle against litter louts. We constantly re-evaluate the placing of bins and the best way to tackle litter and fly-tipping and concentrate our efforts where we think they will have the most impact. “Unfortunately many street bins have become magnets for flytippers who dump binbags and other household waste next to them. These then get ripped open by foxes and cats and their contents end up strewn across the pavement, which is why we have removed some of those that are regularly abused in this way. As we still have weekly refuse collections this is totally selfish and unnecessary behaviour on the part of this small minority of residents. “At the same time we have put extra resources into our rapid reaction clear-up team who can remove flytips quickly and also stepped up enforcement activity so that we catch the people causing this problem. This is having a positive impact with more than 350 flytippers caught, punished and fined since May 1. We think this kind of costly lesson will encourage these people to dispose of their waste properly in future. It is important that we test out new ideas to curb this anti-social behaviour and educate people into changing their ways. “ |