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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael MacLeod

How fair are the New Town daily rubbish collections?

Just one vote separated first and second place in poll of Guardian Edinburgh readers on how often rubbish should be collected.

After reading reports some city streets got daily collections, we asked you how often residential rubbish bins should be emptied.

Click here to read the original report on the daily collections in The Herald.

Only 10.9% thought their street should be added to Heriot Row, Darnaway Street and Abercromby Place in getting daily collections.

The majority, 32.6% said they would like rubbish taken away once a week, while 30.4% said twice a week would do.

A further 23.9% would be happy with fortnightly collections, while just 2.2% thought longer than once a fortnight would be necessary.

The City of Edinburgh Council said the New Town streets in question were all close to business premises which demand pick-ups over five nights a week. They said:

"It made sense for these collections to include households in the same area. This has been successful so far and consideration might be given to extend this night-time collection."

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