{"id":397189,"date":"2025-09-04T12:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/397189\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:08:17","slug":"polmadie-recycling-depot-in-glasgow-like-a-scrapyard-as-rats-spotted-in-dumped-machinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/397189\/","title":{"rendered":"Polmadie Recycling Depot in Glasgow ‘like a scrapyard’ as rats spotted in dumped machinery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleansing workers at the Polmadie Recycling Depot have raised concerns about the number of rats spotted inside old machinery dumped there.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

GMB convenor Chris Mitchell says there has been an issue with vermin at the facility for a number of months which is having an impact on its upkeep.<\/p>\n

He also says there are concerns over the health and safety of workers as a result who have had to lay rat traps to control the issue.<\/p>\n

Chris said: \u201cWe have a rat problem\u00a0within the Polmadie depot. We have had one for a number of months now but there is a big debate on health and safety as a result of the upkeep and the state of the facility right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is like a scrapyard as there is a lot of machinery lying about that is getting dumped there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is having a detrimental effect on the upkeep of the whole place. Some of it can be scrapped and some of it can be leased.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is housing hundreds of rats because it has become a shelter for them. It looks horrible and there is rubbish lying underneath it.<\/p>\n

\"PolmadieLDRSPolmadie Recycling Centre in Glasgow LDRS<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had to put rat traps out as they are using it as a house and it just seems to be getting worse. It is so bad that the rats have actually started eating through the bottom of the cabins where our members have their dinner when they come in from working all day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GMB is asking Glasgow City Council to move the equipment so they can start cleaning out the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chris added: \u201cIt is taking up a large amount of space in the depot. There is a lot of signage in the depot telling you where to go and where to stand. That is being overlooked because of the amount of machinery that is lying about.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are saying to the council there could potentially be a walk out here because of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glasgow City Council says it is aware of the issue which the pest control team is monitoring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokesman said: \u201cWe are aware of this issue and the area is currently under intensive treatment from our pest control team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeing clear signs of progress with the intervention from pest control and we will control and monitor the situation closely.<\/p>\n

\u201cOld and unused equipment will be moved on to assist with the effort to ensure the depot is kept in good order.\u201d<\/p>\n

STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n

Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n

Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n

Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n

\"WhatsApp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleansing workers at the Polmadie Recycling Depot have raised concerns about the number of rats spotted inside old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-397189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115145952918914604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397189","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=397189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}