Bins removed from Wandsworth street... to deter fly tipping

South Londoners have condemned a council decision to remove street bins because too much rubbish was being left near them.

The bins in Moyser Road, Wandsworth, were taken away earlier this year to deter fly-tipping. But residents say it has simply resulted in more waste being dumped in the street.

Jane Green told the South London Press: “Surely the answer is to deal with the fly-tipping rather than encourage littering!”

Bins have also vanished in Tooting Bec Road and outside Ravenstone School in Balham.

A Wandsworth council spokeswoman said some bins had become “magnets” for fly-tippers, adding: “We have removed some of those that are regularly abused in this way.”