There was a lot of discussion at this week’s JAG meeting regarding bins being left on the pavement. Some useful suggestions were made to solve this unsightly problem:
1) Number your bin so that people are aware of whose bin is whose.
2) Do you have the right size bin?
- For individual houses the standard issue is one 140 litre bin.
- For converted houses, either a 240 or 360 litre bin shared, or one 120 litres per flat.
If you think you have the wrong bin click here to download a form, or phone Lambeth Street Care on 020 7926 9000.
3) Report any dumped rubbish, including black bin liners. The FixMyStreet is a useful phone .app and can be downloaded from either the Apple Store or Android Store.
4) Why not help your neighbour by moving their bin off the pavement after collection day? Perhaps they might do the same for you one day?
Lambeth also have powers to enforce action:
Enforcement Process
Officers will be monitoring situations where: containers are left on the Highway on non-collection days; occupiers are not participating in the recycling schemes provided; banned items are being placed into the refuse bin; residents are regularly placing out extra rubbish not contained within their bin and residents are not using wheeled bins when presenting their rubbish.
Enforcement action will initially consist of communication with residents through a letter and may be followed up with a face-to-face visit. Continued breach of Lambeth’s conditions without reasonable excuse, where it can be evidenced that this is causing a nuisance or is otherwise detrimental to local amenity, will result in the resident being issued with a warning letter under Section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Non-compliance with the letter may result in the issuing of a Fixed Penalty Notice for £60 following the appropriate Notices of Intent.
Following the amendment of the Environmental Protection Act in 2008, Lambeth will also be entitled not to collect household waste from properties in breach of a Section 46 requirement.