More angry residents have told of their disgust after sacks full of rotting refuse were left uncollected for more than a fortnight.

The Argus reported yesterday about streets across Brighton and Hove lined with black bags full of rubbish and communal bin stores at blocks of flats overflowing with waste.

New rounds were introduced by Cityclean, the council’s refuse collection service, on October 6.

Now more angry residents have contacted The Argus.

Phil Harrison, 31, of New England Road, Brighton, said: “We were told the day had changed from a Thursday to a Tuesday, but the bin bags were just left outside for about a week.

“Other people I’ve spoken to have had even worse problems. It is so typical, a few minor changes and the whole system goes into meltdown.”

Louise Wood, from Hendon Street, Brighton, said rubbish had been left to pile up in her road for 16 days before it was finally collected on Saturday.

The changes were brought in after the council opened a purpose-built sorting facility in Hollingdean.

Refuse trucks are now taking waste there rather than to the landfill site at Beddingham, near Lewes.

The council said rubbish collection days were reorganised because savings have been made in journey times.

City councillor Dawn Barnett, who represents Hangleton, defended Cityclean.

She said: “I have seen all these negative comments and wanted to put the other side across. Here in Hangleton we have a fantastic recycling and refuse service and I have not had a single complaint.

“Cityclean are always helpful and whenever I ask them to come out to deal with some fly-tipping or another problem they are there within hours.

“There are bound to be some teething problems but it is not city-wide, that’s for sure.”

A council spokesman said: “The new rounds we introduced recently are still throwing up the odd problem such as this but we are committed to resolving these problems as soon as possible.”

  • The rubbish fiasco will be the subject of a live hour-long discussion on The Argus website this week. Geoffrey Theobald, Brighton and Hove City Council’s cabinet member for the environment, will answer questions from readers as part of the Friday Inquisition series. If you have any questions you can submit them to The Friday Inquisition section of our website. The discussion will take place at 11am.

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