A Bannockburn resident has hit out after family garbage was burned in an area park.
The resident, who doesn’t want to be named, advised the Observer that there are fears month-to-month bin collections are in charge for extra waste with some folks taking their garbage to the dump, whereas others are leaving luggage at public bins - together with at Ladywell Park.
However the council say the charred garbage was stolen and burned in an act of vandalism.
Pictures shared on social media final week apparently present the aftermath of some family being set alight within the park, with issues being raised over the proximity to recently-installed benches.
It has led to calls from the resident for the council to trial a three-weekly assortment in Bannockburn in an effort to chop down on the quantity of waste build up.
Following the incident - which came about on June 14 - the resident has since been in contact with numerous councillors searching for an answer to the bins subject, in addition to contacting police over the harm performed to the park.
The resident advised the Observer: “The garbage being burned was taken out of the litter bins within the park and set on hearth between the soccer pitch and the brand new benches.
“If the family garbage wasn’t there, then there wouldn’t be something to set on hearth; some in the neighborhood are utilizing bins within the park to place their garbage in, as a result of they don't have any room of their bin.
“It’s only a bit horrifying and it isn’t working in the mean time but when issues moved to a few weeks, then perhaps folks would be capable to handle.
“This isn’t one thing for my profit or for anybody’s particular person profit, however it could assist all of us.
“The chat is that there isn’t any cash, however what are all of us paying for if the council aren’t in a position to carry our bins?”
Nonetheless, in response, a Stirling Council spokesperson disputed the account of the incident on the park given by the resident and as a substitute mentioned that the bins had been stolen from one other close by location and burned by vandals.
The spokesperson mentioned: “Officers have cleared and repaired harm to the park after wheelie bins from the close by pavilion had been stolen and set alight in an act of vandalism.”
The dispute follows the choice by members eventually week’s full assembly of Stirling Council to comply with a ‘evaluate’ of the controversial month-to-month collections, which had been launched final 12 months however which had been a sizzling subject on the latest council elections.