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Hi Jackie - it does seem interesting that so much is being invested in nicer pavements and street furniture - one hopes that improved rubbish services will supplement this otherwise it'll all be filthy quickly. Perhaps approaching those responsible for these other upgrades may be more fruitful as they are clearly bought into 'looks nicer = gets treated nicer/stays nicer'. I use the council app whenever I have a moment spare to report each pile of dumped rubbish I see. At least once a week. I figure recording the issue is one thing we can all do to help. I do think there in an inherent problem in expecting people newly moved to London who don't read/speak much, if any English, to comprehend and apply the recycling rules - a few leaflets and tags on bins certainly doesn't seem to be helping yet.
It's not just Frome Road. It's also absolutely appalling around Waldegrave Road too, on the west side of Turnpike Lane, where there are regularly piles of rotting rubbish, spilled bags, waste etc. (clumped around where the Irony & Boe "Fox" wall painting is").
Absolutely disgusting where i live, St Margarets Ave N15 near Turnpike Lane, rubbish blowing up and down the street, piled high in gardens, rats scrurring around at night....and to think we pay for this non service !
Reply from Cllr Mallett on Friday. Will wait for the new bin and hope the very stinky stained pavement is cleaned at some point. So - this one spot is going to improve. What/where next? One at a time .... ?
From: Cllr Mallett Antonia a href="mailto:Antonia.Mallett@haringey.gov.uk">Antonia.Mallett@haringey.gov.uk>
Date: 27 September 2014 15:40:29 BST
To: jackie chambers a href="mailto:jackie.chambers@me.com">jackie.chambers@me.com>
Subject: RE: Turnpike Lane
Dear Jackie,
Thank you for taking such an interest in the environment in the local area. Please encourage your friends to use the ‘Our Haringey’ app to report instances of dumped rubbish, potholes etc so we can put them right.
Yours,
Cllr Toni Mallett
Labour Member for West Green Ward
07870 157883
Would love to - I'm sort of at my wits' end with this one as you can see. I'll connect with you via Twitter. thanks again.
Count me in too, I'm fighting the fight about a constantly overflowing litter bin and fly tipped rubbish near Mannock Road allotments/Langham Place via the app, Twitter, an official complaint and my councillors, but so far I'm getting nowhere fast.
I also suggest tagging any more Twitter posts about rubbish with #filthiestboroughinlondon #Haringey to try and shame someone into action!
#thsiswhatitscometo
I'm @tinysuns
This is proving to be a great way to make new friends on Twitter
On a serious note, reading some other threads on similar problems, it does seem like particular issue is a systematic problem all over the borough. If we can provide enough examples of what's going wrong, perhaps SOMEONE will be more inclined to listen to us?
If it's the one by the Palace Gates mural, that's the nearest bin to me and I've reported it in the past as well – I'll keep an eye out too in future. In the summer I saw people tearing open the bin bags dumped there and spreading out the stuff to see what was interesting inside...
That's the one I'm trying to get sorted. This was it tonight:
I've got some posters and stickers from http://www.keepbritaintidy.org that I plan to display but I believe I need to get permission first so I'm not considered a litterer myself!
Yes, I assumed that must be the one you meant. It's quite weird as the bin is quite out on its own, so someone must be specifically bringing whole bin bags full of stuff quite a distance to put beside it. I don't think most of it's coming from the occasional evening beer drinkers on the benches.
It was tidied this morning by the regular street cleaner, but it won't last.
I think you're right and it is predominantly people dumping their household and green waste there; though it is also a heavily used cut through to and from the tube station so I believe it does need more regular emptying than the standard twice a week for areas Veolia class as residential.
I've complained to the Council and got a reply which said,
You have complained that the litter bin near Mannock Road allotments is constantly overflowing and you have requested that we place another bin or a larger bin to compensate for the extra rubbish.
From my investigation on this issue I can confirm that the location was put on our monitoring list for two weeks prior to your complaint, to assess the litter bin. The bin is located on a residential road so normally it would only be visited twice a week by a sweeper. From the information gathered we realised that there was a lot of foot traffic heading to and from Turnpike Lane station. After the first two hours of monitoring the litter bin at the location, I established that the bin is indeed being abused by passersby who are depositing their household waste in and around the bin.
Further to this investigation my Foreman had cleared the bin and two hours later the litter bin was full of green waste including two refuse sacks next to the bin, also full of green waste. We can only continue to monitor the location for any evidence that might be left behind to aid us and the Council establish who is responsible for abusing the bin.
As a result of these findings I will be partially upholding this complaint due to the fact that it was full but only because it was abused. I hope I have resolved your concerns to your satisfaction.
I'm following up on this as I want a more strategic answer about how they plan to address the 'abuse' beyond monitoring and have cc'd the West Green Councillors for their response too...
In the meantime several of us are using Twitter and the hashtag #HaringeyRubbish to highlight ongoing issues.
I do feel for the guys out cleaning the streets because I think they do a good job of making it look neat but within hours it's an absolute tip again. There is an underlying behavioural issue that needs to be understood and worked on; there must be research out there about what works and doesn't. I'm not sure where to begin in trying to have that conversation with either Veolia or Haringey - any contact details would be welcome if anyone has them.
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