Andrew Welsh
A FURIOUS Perthshire pensioner yesterday rubbished new bin collection guidelines stainless steel dustbin
, claiming they prove health and safety rules have gone too far.
Mrs Joy Gordon, of Glenorchil View stainless steel dustbin
, Auchterarder, blew her top when Perth and Kinross Council told her that staff were not being allowed to move the wheelie bin that belonged to her 90-year-old mother, Lily Macdonald, of the Lang Toon’s Sydney Crescent.
Council chiefs insist that manoeuvring a refuse cart up and down two small steps outside Mrs Macdonald’s home could put workers at risk of injury.
Instead, staff are now being told to haul bags stainless steeldustbin
of rubbishout of an old-fashioned dustbinthat has been supplied to replace the frail resident’s wheelie bin.
“My mum wrote to the council because she wanted her bin uplifted every week stainless steeldustbin
,” explained Mrs Gordon yesterday.
