Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Rubbish....
describes a recurring problem on our street and also HC's response in dealing with it.
The weekend before last someone from one of the houses on our street - or possibly (probably) the landlord or someone employed by them - emptied a load of old furniture onto the pavement outside their house. This consisted of a mattress, part of a bed base, a broken chest of drawers and bin bags.
I reported this to HC via "My Account" on the Tuesday (20th June).
Nothing had happened by the Thursday so I contacted the council by phone and was advised it would be dealt with that day.
The next day I came home from work and found that all the rubbish was still there; by now some of it had tumbled down further with the result that at least half the pavement was blocked. So I picked up every item and threw them all back into the front garden.
I then checked the My Account service and to my amazement found that the problem had been "solved" on 20 June (the day I reported it). Of course, this was untrue.
This weekend a mattress was put outside another house in our street. By the next day it had fallen over so that the entire pavement was taken up. I thought of contacting the council but thought "what's the point?" and so picked it up instead and heaved it back into the front garden.
The rubbish I referred to at the beginning is still where I left it in the front garden of the property even though it is blocking two or three of the bins in the garden. What can I do about this? It makes the street look disgusting as does the mattress in the front garden of the other property. If I report it they may get it taken away but why is HC not proactive about these matters? Why are they not following up the dumping of rubbish that in the end I had to sort myself? And why do the majority of local residents not give a **** apart from me??
Query / rant over!
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Permalink Reply by Ben on
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The end of Roseberry gardens always has house waste bags dumped there. Not very pleasant after the foxes have seen to them.
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The 5th, or 6th biggest economy in the world!
Wow!
They can't even organise proper refuse collection, control fly tipping or pay for street sweeping!
Wow!
Why do British people put up with this mediocrity?
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Permalink Reply by Sophie D on
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This is a real bug bear of mine too! I am on Sydney Road we only have one bin and it's always overflowing! They empty the bins into the purple bags on Saturday mornings and leave them there all weekend. They are constantly added to - I use the our haringey app which seems to work quite well but I don't understand why they aren't more pro-active. We also have mattresses and large cupboards etc that appear by the passage overnight - what is it with people when there is a tip just up the road!?
Grrrr
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I too want to help. For two years I have fought against Council incompetence surrounding street cleanliness and fly-tipping with no success. I have lived in many other Boroughs that are much more efficient (and we're talking Zone 1/2). I am determined to get this over the line and think that with enough people we can. The council website states at least one week for residential roads and "daily or more" for main areas. This is not happening on a grand scale. I have recorded incidents where trash has accumulated in our street for 3-4 weeks running. I have written letters to Crouch End Councillors with no effect. What has happened is an outsourcing of a major responsibility. I have said this in the past - the resident should not be responsible for bypassing the council and contacting a third party service provider that they have chosen. It is complete lack of accountability seen across many areas over the years.
We are paying for this, financially and from a wellbeing point of view. Nothing is more important than policies surrounding our local environment, be it crime or waste. The rest comes second. I live in the southern part of Crouch End (near Parkland Walk, Haslemere Road). I too can post photos.
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