Gainsborough should end use of 'outdated' rubbish bags, councillor says
Rubbish bags should be phased out in favour of modern alternatives, a councillor has said.
Gainsborough’s South West ward is the only part of West Lindsey to use them, where the narrow tenfoot alleys behind homes make wheelie bins inconvenient.
However Coun Trevor Young (Lib Dem), who represents the area, says the bags are “outdated”, costly and may attract pests.
West Lindsey District Council has told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that it plans to review the service.
Coun Young has submitted a motion to the full council meeting on September 7 calling for the authority to look into alternatives such as wheelie bins and communal collection points
“Some households in West Lindsey continue to receive waste and recycling collections in bags rather than wheeled bins,” it says.
“The current arrangement is outdated and resource-intensive and may contribute to litter, vermin and adverse environmental conditions.
“Residents have raised concerns about the service’s effectiveness, cleanliness and long-term sustainability.
“Recycling performance in areas served by bagged collections requires improvement.”
Older parts of Gainsborough were built in the 1800s for workers when the town was an industrial powerhouse, and have a much smaller layout than modern homes.
Coun Young has previously raised concerns about rubbish in the ward, saying: “At least three days a week, parts of the South West ward in Gainsborough become extremely unsightly due to large amounts of waste being left in the tenfoot areas.
“The conditions in some of these locations are unacceptable. In my view, they resemble the neglected slum areas seen in the 1960s, and the people who live there deserve far better.”
The council recently announced that large purple bins will be placed in public areas around Gainsborough to allow residents to recycle paper and cardboard, which currently aren’t collected.