‘Unpleasant for everyone’ litter and dog waste bins are overflowing in Cubbington

Cubbington residents are having to clean up the mess left by overflowing litter and dog waste bins in the village.

The village’s parish council says that Warwick District Council’s waste collection services frequently miss emptying the bins – particularly at the recreation ground – Cubbington’s largest green space.

Parish councillor David Saul raised the issue with the Leamington Courier and Warwickshire World this week.

The parish council has said: “The Recreation Ground is owned by the Parish Council and we work hard to maintain the area for all of Cubbington’s parishioners to use.

"We have to rely on Warwick District Council (WDC) to carry out emptying the various rubbish bins in the grounds.

"Sadly, we are frequently missed from WDC’s emptying schedule.

"This results in wasted time by councillors and the clerk dealing with parishioner complaints and requesting they are emptied.

"Overflowing bins means the rubbish is blown around the grounds making unnecessary mess which has to be collected by councillors which isn’t a pleasant task for anyone.”

The bins around the recreation ground were emptied over the past few days but Cllr Saul has said that it should not fall upon parish councillors to report the persistent problem to WDC.

He added: “The council services department does not seem fit for purpose and there is no accountability.

"I would question whether or not the contractor idverde, which is responsible for the collections, still gets paid for the collections it misses.”

Warwick District Council has been approached for a comment.