Bulky waste in University area still a problem

Last night Kirsten and I were knocking on doors on Blenheim Road, launching our petition on the state of the roads in Redlands. We were shocked by  the number of houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) with rubbish and waste furniture dumped in the front gardens.
We are campaigning to get the Council to change it's disastrous policy of charging for bulky waste.

While we welcome the increase in waste collections at the end of term, but at present no one is taking responsibility for tackling regular flytipping that goes on year in year out around Erleigh Road.

Landlords and in some cases their tenants are not paying for large items to be collected and are using local streets as dumping grounds. This is not acceptable.

I will be writing to Council officers and Reading University asking them to visit Blenheim Road and De Beauvoir Road so they can see the problems for themselves and asking them to put greater pressure on landlords to deal with their waste responsibly.