HOUSEHOLDERS in Derby have told of their anger over missed bin collections during yesterday's public sector strike.
Calls came in to the Derby Telegraph from angry residents in areas including Oakwood and Chaddesden yesterday.
The council has said that residents should take their blue and black bins back inside and put them out on their next collection day.
Residents who subscribed to the council's new paid-for garden waste collection service have been told any brown bins missed yesterday will now be collected next Thursday.17
Karen Gaida, 58, Max Road, Chaddesden, was one of those that called in and said she did not see why she should put household waste in her car to get it to the tip as she pays Council Tax to get it collected.
She said: "I've spoke to environmental health about it. It's black bin waste so it will stink and fill the maggots."
Conservative councillor Frank Harwood, who represents Oakwood ward, said bins hadn't been collected in swathes of his area including roads around Smalley Drive and Gilderdale Way.
He said: "At the end of the day they (bin collectors) have an obligation to empty the black bins, especially in this weather and because bins get filled very quickly now as many people don't pay for the brown bin service and put their garden waste in the black bins."
A council spokeswoman said: "Refuse collection staff decided to support the industrial action and we were left without the staff to undertake the normal collection of bins. "Where we were unable to collect some black and blue bins we have asked residents to take them inside and put them back out on the day of the next scheduled collection. "We do not have the resources to deliver extra collections due to government cuts to our budget."
Council workers that are members of Unison, Unite, and the GMB were striking yesterday. The action followed the 1% pay rise offered to most council staff for this financial year.
