Households to be fined for leaving bins in street

About 100 fines are set to be issued to people in Derby for leaving their wheelie bins on the streets.

Derby City Council has been running a pilot programme to clampdown on bins being left out on nine streets, with a view to taking the initiative city-wide.

It is now set to issue fixed penalty notices as part of this pilot scheme under section 46a of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which allows the authority to issue fines for bins which cause an obstruction on the street, or may attract vermin.

In a post on Facebook, councillor Ndukwe Onuoha, Derby City Council's cabinet member for Streetpride, wrote: "When I said I'd take action to get bins off our streets, I meant it."

The Local Democracy Reporting Service has said wheelie bins being left on the streets has been an issue in a number of areas of Derby in recent years, including the Mackworth and New Zealand ward.

Onuoha has hailed the pilot scheme a success.

He said: "The number of bins being left out on these streets has reduced significantly since the start of the pilot, with enforcement action being taken against those who have continued to leave their bins out.

"The streets involved in the pilot have seen a reduction of up to 80% in the number of bins being left out."

But Mackworth and New Zealand councillor Gaurav Pandey has questioned whether the threat of fines was proving an effective deterrent after he visited streets involved in the pilot scheme and said he saw a number of bins left out.

He added: "There are bins everywhere.

"The law has been in existence for some time so why has there been a pilot of streets involved so far? This needs rolling out across more streets in the city so more people get the message.

"I don't think people's behaviour will change unless enforcement is issued – that's why it is needed on more streets."

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