May I use your letters column to give a huge thanks to Dorset Waste Partnership. When I opened my front door at 8am on Friday morning it looked like the whole street’s refuse bins had been emptied into our road. The wind had blown the bins and their contents everywhere. By 10am our trusty waste operatives had cleared away everything. You would not believe that there had been a problem, apart from 8 green and 2 brown empty bins neatly stacked outside my house. Anyone missing any bins please pick up! Thanks again to our loyal street cleaners.
DAVE BURCHILL
RESIDENTS in Christchurch and Highcliffe have complained about overflowing rubbish bins at some of the area’s most popular beauty spots. Waste bins at Christchurch Quay and Hengistbury Head were seen brimming with takeaway boxes and disposable coffee cups, as many people visited the coastal attractions for their daily allowance of exercise. However the council have said that they are really disappointed at seeing the bins provided incorrectly used. Sylvia Lang, 79, was giving her disabled 82-year-old husband a walk alongside the water’s edge at Christchurch Quay on Saturday January 23 at 1.15pm when she came across the unsightly bins. She said: “It was very sad to see people are just not caring about our lovely community.