People “almost puke” every time they open their front door

Neighbors are tired of making themselves sick every time they open their front door because of the stench from the unemptied bins in their block.

Marie Cowan, 66, of Fairfield, lives in a block of 60 flats and claims the bins have not been emptied for almost a month. She says there are about 80 garbage bags piled up stinking from the garbage shed, which is across the street from her front door.

The stench became so bad, Marie says, that she told her son to stop bringing her child to visit her because of how bad the smell had become.

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Marie, who lives in Treetop Flats, owned by the Housing Association, Plus Dane Housing, told the ECHO: “I live in a block of flats in Fairfield – there are 60 flats in the block – I mean a lot of people and the bins haven’t been emptied for about four weeks. I live next to the dump. , I’m on the bottom floor and facing, when you enter it (to the garbage shed) the bins are up to the ceiling and the smell…

“There are a lot of people in wheelchairs, some people who don’t have legs living here and it’s just dangerous for them. It’s unhealthy for us to be in these conditions.”

Marie’s neighbor and good friend, Amir Minhas, 67, is one of the residents living in the Treetop Apartments, who is in a wheelchair and struggles to access the dumpster, especially in the condition current. She added: “The flats are over three floors so a lot of them have to bring their bin bags down to the ground floor – it’s a lot for the elderly and people in wheelchairs.

“I open my front door and smell them, it gives me a lot of trouble because I live across the street from them. I have even told my son not to bring his child to see me until it is resolved because the smell is so bad. The warm weather we’ve had makes it smell even worse.”

Marie, who has lived in the building for nine years, says she – along with other residents – have complained to Liverpool council asking them to collect the bins. She added: “There are four or five massive bins where we put our rubbish bags, you can’t even get in the door at the moment because there are so many bags thrown in there. There must be 80 bags of trash in there right now.”

The 66-year-old is frustrated at Liverpool council. She claims Treetop residents pay a monthly fee Plus Dane Housing, every month, for bins to be emptied, gardens to be tended and windows and common areas to be cleaned – but paying for a service that is not provided.

She said: “We pay monthly for this service which is not provided. The trash cans haven’t been washed once since I moved. One of the residents goes and cleans the bin when they are emptied because no one else comes and does it.”

Marie added: “I took a bin bag out yesterday and I almost threw up when I came out because of the smell, it’s not nice when you leave your house.”

A Liverpool council spokesman said: “Household waste collection at Tree Top Court takes place every 2 weeks on a Wednesday. The collection team reported no problems on the last scheduled collection day.

“The next collection is scheduled for tomorrow (May 8) and will be monitored by a waste collection supervisor to ensure all waste is collected.”

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