PEOPLE living in a built up area of Colchester are divided on whether wheelie bins would make their streets cleaner.
Images taken by the Gazette yesterday show litter spilled along Wimpole Road as bin bags awaited collection.
The images show black bin bags torn, leaving bits of plastic, paper and general waste flung along a section of the road.
It comes as Colchester Council plans to implement big changes to how it collects waste and recycling across the city to save £1million a year were revealed.
Instead of using black bin bags and recycling in clear bags, residents may have to use two wheelie bins, one for general waste and the other for recycling.
New Town and Christ Church Ward councillor Mclean isn’t sure if wheelie bins would be suitable for all areas of the city.
He said: “There are many benefits to wheelie bins, for the users and for the health of Colchester's waste team.
“But the wheelie bins are not suitable everywhere, particularly areas of New Town and Christ Church where there's no side access and little to no outdoor space keep them.
"There must be a hybrid waste collection system where wheelie bins are only rolled out where it is appropriate."
Steve Lambert, 56, of Port Lane, said that even though using wheelie bins could deterring vermin, there would still be too many households where the roll-out would be impractical.
He said: “For me, wheelie bins wouldn’t work out that badly in areas like Wimpole Road, but a lot of people elsewhere don’t have the space.
“If you don’t have rear access to a garden, then you have a problem, I don’t think it has the flexibility of bin bags.”
On the issue of animals getting into bin liners, he joked: “Maybe we need to get rid of the foxes.
“In Port Lane, a lot of those properties are on the street, they have not got any rear access to a garden, so overall, I would say it is a bad idea.”
Colchester MP, Pam Cox “I’m in favour of wheelie bins where appropriate because they’ll help make our neighbourhoods cleaner.
"They can’t be ripped open as rubbish sacks so often are.
"I’m also in favour of us all doing what we can to cut down the amount of waste we throw out.”
Melanie, of Wimpole Road, said: “I think wheelie bins are brilliant because you can put everything in one place, it’s fantastic.
“I have always, before I moved here, used wheelie bins.
“I am not sure why it has to get left on the street, especially with all the foxes.
“You always have to find somewhere to put the black bags. I don’t see why they would be a problem.
“I think they’d be a positive.”
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