Apparently one Holgate resident has been waiting for 10 days for her grey bin to be emptied.

Although the issue will be familiar to many, given the shambolic reorganisation of bins collections over the last week, this case raises more serious issues.

The home concerned is one that is on the schedule for the collection of clinical waste. This type of waste is collected regularly by the Council prior to incineration.

Despite EIGHT attempts to contact the council, the waste remains on the street.

An appalling state of affairs.

NB. The Council describes its clinical and medical waste service in the following terms.

The council offers a free collection to householders who need to dispose of any clinical waste which arises from treatments at home, for example, sharps (needles) or yellow bagged waste. The collections are usually arranged as a result of referral by a GP, hospital, health visitor, district nurse or home care assistant. Please contact us to arrange either a one-off or a regular collection. Please note that we do not provide replacement empty sharps boxes, you will need to request this from your health care provider.
The council can help you to dispose of other non-hazardous medical waste, for example, dressing and packaging, which may not fit in your bin. Please contact us to discuss how we can help you.

It says that a collection can be arranged by clicking here