'Piles of rubbish' build up after 'no collection for a month'

Rubbish has piled up on a Lincolnshire street after council bin lorries have reportedly not collected waste for four weeks.

Residents of Windle Drive, Bourne, blamed badly parked cars for blocking refuse vehicles from accessing the road.

"It's ridiculous, there's piles of rubbish behind us," Tom Pipkin said.

South Kesteven District Council said people should try to park considerately, especially on waste collection days.

"There's cardboard boxes here, the bin's full, it just doesn't get taken," Mr Pipkin said.

"It's irritating, and if you look across the road, that's worse than ours," Hayley Pipkin added.

Mrs Pipkin said cars parked on the narrow road blocked the way for bin lorries.

"Parking is a bit of an issue, you can only get one car down the road."

Sometimes drivers had to "mount the kerb" to get down the street, she added.

Terry Price, who also lives on Windle Drive, said his household waste had not been collected for four weeks.

The delay had left bin bags piled high on his driveway.

"This would be a third of the amount if this had been picked up before, this is why it's looking terrible," he said.

"It doesn't help when the wind and the rain blow it all around the street which causes even more aggravation, a couple of times I've had to go up the street and chase after it. It really does need sorting."

Mr Price said bin lorries struggled to access the narrow streets.

"The trucks can't get round when there's people parking here," he added.

Councillors Patsy Ellis and Rhys Baker, joint cabinet members for environment and waste, said if refuse teams were unable to access properties they would return and attempt collection on a different day.

They said: “We remind residents and visitors to park with consideration, particularly on waste collection days.

"If the refuse vehicles cannot get through, it prevents the collection of their own and their neighbours’ waste.

“District councillors are always here to support residents so we would encourage people to share local concerns directly with us.”

The council said it would collect recycling and bagged waste on Friday and general waste on Saturday.