Bins to be removed. Click to enlarge

Labour have announced the 22 litter bins that they will be scrapping in the Dringhouses Ward.

It amounts to over a 1/3 of the total provision in the area.

Incredibly they are removing bins from high litter areas such as Tadcaster Road and the Acomb Wood Drive shops forecourt.

Tadcaster Road does particularly badly with 9 bins likely to be removed including 2 which serve the area near Tesco.

The cuts will leave the 10,000 residents in the Dringhouses Ward with a total of just 34 litter bins and 28 “poop scoop” bins.

Council workers start to remove litter bins

Labour have claimed that the scrapped bins duplicate other bins, are unused or are used to dispose of domestic waste.

The decision comes just 2 months after the Beckfield Lane recycling centre was closed.

The future of the free green waste collection is also under review as Labour look for savings to fund their City centre projects.

Overall across the City 350 litter and “poop scoop” bins are to be removed

We say, “These cuts follow the city centre cuts and will leave residents questioning how Labour can find money for free Wi-Fi schemes and a £1 million slush fund for the Council Leader, but can not provide the basic frontline services that residents need. It is typical of this out-of-touch Labour administration that is neglecting the neighbourhoods and residents it claims to support”