Clacton: You've bin penalised (From Gazette)

Clacton: You've bin penalised

5:24am Friday 4th July 2008 in

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RESIDENTS have been given a stark reminder about leaving rubbish outside their homes after being fined by Tendring Council.

People living in Victoria Street, Dovercourt, have been fined £75 each for the rubbish, and and now they are calling for somewhere else they can put it.

Angry Lynn Thorington was one resident who will have to dig into her pocket.

She said: "I have never had anything through in black and white to say I am not supposed to put rubbish out, and have lived here for 14 months.

"I have one or two bags of rubbish and I am not very happy really."

She said she contacted Tendring Council to complain.

Nigel Brown, Tendring Council's communications manager, said the council was taking a tough line with residents who put their refuse sacks and recycling material out too early before collection.

"Putting bags out too early can create a hazard - especially for the blind or partially-sighted - and it also leads to the bags being ripped open by cats or birds and the waste being blown about," he added.