Stormont minister Andrew Muir criticised for 'batting back' the problem
A local council is leading a movement for fines to be imposed on residents who leave their bins on pavements long after the emptying date.
Then in March, the new DAERA minister Andrew Muir MLA, who was formerly an Alliance Councillor at Ards and North Down, wrote to the council: “Should a council determine that there is a significant problem with the placing and removal of bins in its area it would be up to that council to consider if it already has sufficient powers to remedy the problem through, for example, enhanced communications to ratepayers.
At a recent meeting, Bangor Central DUP Councillor Alistair Cathcart proposed the committee accept this, as well as a further letter to Minister Muir outlining the problems faced in the borough regarding bins on pavements, and asking for council enforcement powers “as soon as possible”. He received unanimous support.
“We are not talking about a power that is going to be wildly used, we are only talking about persistent areas where bins are permanently left out and the residents are not responding to requests. The problem is, if you do not have teeth, you cannot enforce it - that is the reality."
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