Local Lib Dem councillors say that Haringey’s waste contractors, Haringey Accord, are leaving wheelie bins on the streets, even where the residents have a special collection due to disability. Last week, Cllr Lynne Featherstone presented a video CD to the Council showing waste collection contractors, Accord failing to put back a bin on a property in Woodstock Road, N4 which had an arrangement in place for an assisted collection.

The video footage, made by a local resident in April, shows the wheelie bins left in the middle of Woodstock Road for 14 minutes then placed in the middle of the pathway when emptied. This was the case right along the street. However it was of a particular problem to the resident who is partially disabled and has found her pathway regularly blocked by the bin.

Cllr Featherstone (Muswell Hill) presented the evidence to embarrassed Council officials, who said that they were extremely disappointed that a resident with a special arrangement had been let down. Haringey agreed it would take up the issue with senior management of Accord immediately.

Cllr Featherstone comments:

“Hopefully this hard evidence so cleverly collected by a local resident will force the council to ensure that Haringey Accord improves its collection service.

“Local people pay a very high council tax of which a huge amount is now going to Accord to clean up the borough. If Haringey don’t make Accord shape up – then residents may make their Labour bosses at the council ship out next time they get a chance.”