The sight of rubbish strewn across alleyways just 24 hours after they were cleared has been described as “disheartening” by refuse workers.<\/p>\n
Newcastle City Council said a number of back lanes in the West End were filled with rubbish less than a day after they were cleaned by staff.<\/p>\n
Pictures show the alleyways littered with discarded items and food.<\/p>\n
The council said the “unacceptable behaviour” was unfair on staff and people who take pride in their neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said it was a recurring issue in the area.<\/p>\n
They added while the vast majority of residents and businesses dispose of their waste responsibly, there was a problem with a “small minority who blight our neighbourhoods through fly-tipping and littering”.<\/p>\n
The Labour-led authority said the West End area was cleaned “multiple times per week depending on the need”.<\/p>\n
It said it had increased bin capacity, adjusted street sweeping schedules and worked with local businesses to improve waste storage practices to tackle problems in the city’s back lanes. <\/p>\n
“We’ve also identified issues such as ‘bin raiding’, where individuals rummage through bins, and improper waste disposal by some residents,” the spokesperson added. <\/p>\n
“Our local services teams and enforcement officers are working together to tackle these environmental crimes to ensure our communities feel clean, safe and respected.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sight of rubbish strewn across alleyways just 24 hours after they were cleared has been described as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-248958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114819618954035985","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}