![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/entire-street-warned-over-rubbish-bags-next-to-bins/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/6985cf60-24bd-11ee-941e-23d1e9ab75fa.jpg&description=Image source, James Grant/BBC Image caption, A street in Northampton has been told its rubbish need to be wheelie bins not left on the road At a glance warns residents of a Northampton street over rubbish left next to bins The road on the Blackthorn estate was told action might be taken if rules were not followed One resident said she felt the street was being unfairly treated by the council for other people's fly-tipping A council has issued a warning to an entire street over excess bags of rubbish left next to bins. issued the "section 46 notice" to about 100 household on Harefield Road in Northampton. It asked householders to correctly present their rubbish for collection, but one resident said the street was being unfairly treated. The authority said the notice would allow it to take action against those who "ignore the rules". Image source, James Grant/BBC Image caption, said the sacks were reguarly being left on the ground The council sent the notices to all residents of the street, which is on the Blackthorn estate. The letter asked residents to put their rubbish in the wheelie bins provided and not in black bags on the ground next to the bins, or elsewhere. It said "further action" might be taken if the rules were not followed. Mary, who did not want to give her surname, has lived in the estate for 26 years and said rubbish bags had not been an issue until recently. She said the rubbish left on the streets was mostly from people from outside the area. "Every week, someone goes round and fly-tips; it's someone doing a garden job or house removal and dumping it, and it's not necessarily people that live here that's actually doing the fly-tipping," she said. Image source, James Grant/BBC Image caption, Fly-tipping was also an issue on Harefield Road, residents said The council said it only served section 46 notices "at locations where we are having regular problems with households not presenting their waste correctly". A spokesman said in the case of Harefield){kind=link}
A street in Northampton has been told its rubbish need to be wheelie bins not left on the road
At a glance
West Northamptonshire Council warns residents of a Northampton street over rubbish left next to bins
The road on the Blackthorn estate was told action might be taken if rules were not followed
One resident said she felt the street was being unfairly treated by the council for other people’s fly-tipping