This shocking picture shows bins overflowing in a Bangor street.
Huge piles of rubbish can be seen around over-filled bins, revealing the extent of the problem in the county.
Shocked Daily Post reader Matthew Owen snapped the image of the bins near to flats at Caellepa.
Matthew, who lives in the city, said Gwynedd council’s new three-week bin collection was exacerbating the problem.
But the council say that, as soon as they were aware of the matter, officers attended the scene to clear away all the waste.
They said a large proportion of it could be easily recycled.
Matthew said: “I took this photo while I was walking into Bangor.
“The bins are at Caellepa, which leads to the main High Street.
“It must be like that every three or four weeks.
“I checked other bins near the flats but the collection seemed to have been.
“It’s just general waste such as bottles and cardboard everywhere.
“The three-week bin collection isn’t a problem for me, but in a block of flats or a communal area it’s going to be more of a problem.
“It just looks very unsightly right near the city centre and it’s letting off a bit of a smell.”
It comes after a number of photos of overflowing bins have circulated on social media this year.
Residents at the Cae Bold flats in Caernarfon said they had been forced to live with bins overflowing with bottles, cardboards and other rubbish.
It was a similar story at Tan y Bryn in Maesgeirchen, Bangor, with grim pictures showing rubbish piled high in the corner of a communal area.
The controversial plans to collect household waste just once every three weeks were rolled out in the Arfon, Dwyfor and Meirionydd areas of Gwynedd last year despite opposition.
Recyclable products and food waste collections remain unaffected.
A Gwynedd council spokesperson said: “As soon as we were made aware of the matter, officers attended the scene to clear away all waste.
“Having investigated the matter, a large proportion of the waste that had been left on this private path was materials that could be easily recycled via the council’s recycling collection, and we would urge residents to make the most of this weekly collection service.”
see-http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/unsightly-piles-rubbish-snapped-bangor-11197999
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