AN ANGRY Derby woman says bins at the block of flats where she lives have sometimes not been emptied for three months.
Mary Dixon, who lives at the flats in King Street, said the problem had been ongoing since she moved there almost two years ago.
She said: "It's incredibly annoying and it happens in waves. Sometimes it's cleared away but then we can go for three months without the bins being emptied.
"Because it's a shared area you can't control who puts what there and it just overflows. Sometimes you can't get in the door to the place where the bins are kept.
"It's totally disgusting. Sometimes rubbish is just dumped around the area by people."
Richard Brown, city council assistant operations manager for refuse and recycling, said collections from flats could "pose a challenge".
He said: "We've been working with the housing association to help residents manage waste and recycling.
"We have carried out a number of clean-up days at the flats and have made sure that the bins are clearly labelled to show which material should go in which bin.
"We've also supplied residents with information about recycling in Derby and this week we delivered an additional larger bin to the property."
The Clean Up Derby campaign was launched in November and has helped in getting areas tidied.
The council recently put into action a plan to help keep neglected sites in Normanton clean, including the old Grange Hotel site on Ingleby Avenue, and is being backed by Derby Rotary Club.
