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Leeds householders are hit with £75 bin fines
Bin police have slapped £75 fines on five messy residents who failed to correctly store their household rubbish and present it for collection.
Environmental officers at Leeds City Council penalised the group, who all live in the same property on Langdale Terrace in Headingley, after they ignored several warnings to clean up their act.
The penalties followed a six-week education and enforcement campaign by the council to targeting residents living in Hyde Park and Headingley.
Six other properties in the same street were also given warning notices for not bringing their bins in.
Officers have now pledged to return to the largely-student area in the new year and take further action if necessary.
Councillor Mark Dobson, executive member for environmental services, Leeds City Council, said: “Our environmental action teams put a lot of effort into making sure that local residents were well-informed about their responsibilities before the enforcement part of this campaign began.
“I went out door-knocking with them myself and got plenty of positive feedback from people living in the area, so it’s disappointing to see people failing to do something as simple as bringing their bin in after it’s emptied.
“We hope that they will learn from this and remember it’s up to them to ensure their neighbourhood is kept nice for everybody or we won’t hesitate to take action.”
The campaign was launched to address problems with littering, poor parking and other environmental issues. It began by focusing on the bins belonging to 3,400 households. Addresses were stencilled on them and letters posted through doors with reminders about how the local environment could be improved.
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fieldofclothofgold
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 04:21 PMI wonder if residents who regularly get their bin collections MISSED will get a rebate
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