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Thursday, 12 December, 2002, 14:09 GMT
Residents produce 'rubbish' calendar
Mr Blackmore and rubbish
Bob Blackmore displays July's rubbish
A group of fed up inner city residents have produced a 2003 calendar with pictures of the rubbish piling up on their doorsteps.

Dumped washing machines, mildewing carpet rolls, old sofas, tin cans and car wheels all feature in the work.

Campaigners from Easton in Bristol produced the calendar in which each month features a different pile of local rubbish, in the hope of shaming the city's council to take action.

On Thursday the council received a "weak" rating from the Audit Commission in its annual review of the quality of the services it provides.

Part of the problem is that rubbish isn't created by the city council, it's created by people in the city.

Cllr Diane Bunyan
Easton resident Bob Blackmore said: "I hope it drives home the point and makes the council listen to the problems that we have.

"Years of filth and rubbish have been built up and the lack of cleaning in the area is a real problem."

Mr Blackmore promised to send a copy of the calendar to Bristol City Council leader Diane Bunyan.

She said: "I am looking forward to seeing it and to doing something about it.

"We've got a new £200,000 initiative - Bristol, Clean and Green, with extra money which is precisely to tackle the sort of problems that have just been highlighted.

"Part of the problem is that rubbish isn't created by the city council, it's created by people in the city."

The city council now proposes to send teams in to clean up areas like Easton.


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