Bin bags and furniture ‘appear overnight’ in Sheffield's dirtiest suburb despite council clean-ups
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The area suffers from people dumping trash outside their homes - but also flytippers from other areas, residents say.
The Star spoke to residents about the rubbish - which was very much in evidence - and heard a range of attitudes abouter whether the council - and the community - were doing enough.
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Hide AdIt came after one resident claimed it was a ‘rats’ paradise’, prompting the council to say it cleared flytipping ‘every other day’, emptied bins daily and carried out a ‘deep clean’ once a fortnight.
Builder Rahman Gul has been working on Popple Street for the last three days.
He has seen council workers clean up but bin bags, furniture and appliances ‘arrive over night’.
He said: “Give people bigger wheelie bins. It’s because you have big households in Page Hall."
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Hans Mahmood said he had closed his shop selling kids’ electric cars on Hinde House Lane - and gone online only at Zackstoys.co.uk - because of the litter. But he said council workers came regularly.
He said: “Customers would drive from Nottingham and the rubbish would really put them off and I would lose repeat business.
“The council comes and cleans but as soon as they are gone it’s back to how it was. Some people sweep rubbish out of their homes, off the pavement and into the gutter.”
Rafiq Mohammad of Bolsover Road said residents would litter pick once a week and he ‘never’ saw council workers.
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Hide AdA resident on Idsworth Road said Page Hall used to be a ‘lovely community’ and ‘posh’ but it had changed and some people actually seemed more comfortable with litter in the street.
Her neighbour said the council was trying but it was ’stalemate’ as flytippers increasingly targeted the area.
Some days it looked as if someone had gone down the street spreading the contents of a bin bag ‘deliberately’ he added.
A 23-year-old resident on Popple Street said it was a ‘cultural’ issue but Page Hall also suffered from landlords from other areas who knew they could dump furniture and appliances and they would be removed.
Locals organised regular litter picks too, she added.