ePetition details
More bins and a clean city centre, surrounding areas and river's embankment
Reducing the number of bins was a deliberate choice of the City
Council to save money during collection, but this has become a
problem. Now there is an absurd amount of litter in and around the
city centre of York. This issue has two factors. On one side, the
people who are responsible for leaving cans, bottles and all sorts
of packages behind, regardless of whether they are residents or
tourists. On the other side, also responsible is the City Council,
as the number of bins available is far below what is needed. The
bins location map shows large areas without a single bin in the
city centre and surrounding areas. Additionally, existing bins
described as large are much smaller than in other touristic cities,
such as Scarborough. See the map of bins here:
https://www.york.gov.uk/ReportDogWasteAndLitterBins
The situation is terrible inside bushes or vegetation in
restricted access areas like those behind locked gates. The issue
is particularly relevant because the city often gets flooded. When
it is constantly raining, it is not difficult to see gutters
obstructed by litter on the sides of the roads.
This ePetition ran from 15/04/2022 to 15/06/2022 and has now finished.
26 people signed this ePetition.