Families who became litterbusters to clear up their streets claim Bradford Council has destroyed their efforts in one fell swoop.

Residents in Lynthorne Road, Frizinghall, say binmen have left bags of rotting rubbish near their doors for three days.

They claim their street has hit problems with the bin collection service because large wagons cannot get through when cars are parked along the road.

Resident Mohammed Saleem, 63, said: "The Council used a small vehicle for a while but it hasn't been continued."

He said the crews now removed the bin bags from the containers and left them to be picked up near the route of a larger wagon.

But he said: "The dogs have torn them up and the mess is dreadful. We are very annoyed that this has been left so long when everyone is making such an effort."

Jane Robinson, an environmental worker linking with Frizinghall Community Centre for the big clean-up, said the whole district was helping to get a new-look Frizinghall.

"Unfortunately the cleansing department keeps letting us down and it's very frustrating.

"The wagons can only get access if there are no cars and they have withdrawn the smaller vehicles after a trial period.

"The cleansing contract says the rubbish can only be put out for up to 30 minutes before it is collected, but it is being left longer and on this occasion it has been there from Friday to Monday.

"There is even more rubbish at this time of the year because it is Eid and I am wondering what the point is of all our work."

A Bradford Council spokesman said: "Over the past few years we have had a lot of problems using large refuse collection wagons in Lynthorne Road because parked cars have blocked access."

As a temporary measure the Council had used a small van until residents were told to park elsewhere on collection dates but the spokesman said the street had become blocked again in recent weeks.

"We have had to send out the van to complete the collection, but as it is needed for other duties we cannot guarantee its use on a permanent basis and would appeal to residents to keep access to the road clear," he said.

He added the authority was investigating the complaints about the rubbish that had been left.

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