08 Nov Bin Bags Abandoned for Weeks at A Family Park
Bin Bags Abandoned for Weeks at A Family Park
Four bags of leaf litter were left in a hedge outside Rush Common for more than 9 weeks this Autumn.
The bins have been left there since mid-August and with a local resident, Andy Ion reporting the problem to the council on several occasions. Each report ended up with a similar response from the council and no action had been taken.
Litter in London seems to be of little concern to local councils, Mr Ion said: “It seems to go hand in hand with how people little in London: no one really cares.”
Picture of bin bags left at Rush Common.
He later said: “There’s a lot of bureaucracy with litter and it is a bigger problem that would involve systemic disconnects between social media people and the people who do the work.”
On the 4th September, Mr Ion started sending emails and tweets directed at Lambeth Council, after the exact location given, the council replied: “We will raise this with our parks team now”.
Over 9 weeks later, the bags were still littering a hedge by the park.
A regular gardener of Rush Common said: “There is nothing I can do; the bins have to be disposed of by the right people”
“I can report the bins, but I get the same response as if a local reported the problem” he said.
Fly tipping is a growing concern in London for councils and the government with it increasing by 58% since 2013 according to London Government statistics.
Unable to get a response from Lambeth Council, suggests how serious they take littering and fly tipping reports in the local community.
