I am writing regarding the Labour council’s consultation on the waste collection service.

A lot of residents’ bins are full on a weekly basis so could you imagine what it would be like if we had fortnightly collections?

The council does not necessarily sweep your street anymore on your waste collection day. If Enfield Borough Council does decide to go to fortnightly collection, overflowing rubbish from packed bins or split sacks will not be cleared up properly, potentially leaving rubbish on the pavement for long periods of time.

The Labour Party promised at the local elections to guarantee a weekly waste collection service. It was also the party in control of the state of the council’s finances going into the last election, so it was more than aware of whether it could genuinely afford to guarantee a weekly waste collection service or not. The Labour Party won on a platform of maintaining a weekly waste collection service so it should honour that guarantee and continue to do so.

Cllr Joanne Laban

Con/Town ward Deputy leader of the opposition Enfield Borough Council