\n \u201cIt feels like an unfair burden to have it outside my door,\u201d said Ms Tomlinson.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI do support the food waste policy.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut I feel like there are less impactful locations.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I’m not sleeping well.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe really should have been consulted.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The council does not consult on the placement of communal bins.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Tomlinson said the bin will have \u201ca direct and very negative impact\u201d on her daily life and affect the value of her home.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cFood waste bins generate unpleasant odours, attract pests, and create additional noise from frequent use and collections,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe existing bin frequently overflows and smells. This will significantly affect my enjoyment of my property particularly as the bin\u2019s located at my entrance.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI’m also extremely concerned that this appears to be the only communal waste bin serving multiple streets.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAs a result, I will have a constant flow of people coming directly to my front door throughout the day and evening to dispose of food waste.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis will lead to increased noise, loss of privacy, disturbance, and general nuisance, and effectively turns the frontage of my home into a public access point for waste disposal.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis level of footfall is wholly unreasonable for a single residential property to bear.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Tomlinson said she had spoken to her bin man who suggested a \u201cless impactful\u201d location would be by nearby recycling bins where there are no front doors or windows.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Tomlinson thinks the bin should be put next to the recycling bins across the road (Image: Mary Tomlinson)\n<\/p>\n
\n She said the current location of the bin \u201cis probably the worst place it could have gone\u201d and that there were “so many” alternative places nearby.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Rowkins said choosing locations for communal bins is \u201cchallenging in a densely populated city like Brighton and Hove, where there are limited options\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe rationale has been to place the new food waste bins together with existing communal bins, and that is the case here,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOfficers have visited the site again and there are no other locations at that mid-point in the street that would not present an obstacle at a corner or fall within a parking bay.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe do keep bin locations under review, however, and we will consider any alternative sites.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe overwhelming majority of feedback we have received since launching our food waste collection service has been incredibly positive. We know residents have wanted this type of service for many years and it has been brilliant to see how well-received it has been.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOur new food waste vehicles come with on-board jet-washers so any spills can be cleaned up straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary Tomlinson said it was a \u201ccomplete shock\u201d and “extremely distressing” for her and her neighbours in Montpelier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-374485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}