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I'm not determined to go down the Litter Abatement Order route. In fact, I don't think it will help.
The cats etc. drag chicken carcasses, tuna cans and the like from the pile and into our garden, and the street. It's a mess, an eyesore, a disturbance in the summer at night when the windows are open, and not very hygienic.
I don't object to people leaving their sacks outside my house at collection time, but the council has asked them not to do even that. They say it's easier for them to have them left outside every house.
I object to people dumping their rubbish outside my home over the weekend, when the collection isn't until monday morning. The pile is about 3ft from our living room window. In the summer it smells, I imagine it attracts rats, it can attract 3 or 4 cats at a time during the night. It gives the area a run-down look. People feel they can park their cars on the pavement there, let their dogs cr4p there, leave their cigarette butts there, leave their wardrobes there, washing machines there, whatever it is that week. If you're suggesting it's nimbyism, too right it is. If it's not my rubbish, it shouldn't be outside my home, unless the council have asked for it to be, and they've asked for the opposite.
What adds insult to injury is that the council wastes money pretending that it's going to take the problem seriously by sending out the same letter each year.