A Worried resident has hit out to the local authority about a harmful gas that is polluting her house.

Anne Brunton, aged 49 from Humber Way, Sandhurst claims the increasing number of bins blocking her garden path are emitting a noxious gas that is affecting her ability to breath and leave her home.

The distressed resident, who is currently recovering from endometrial cancer, told the Bracknell News: “Because of the chemotherapy I have had it has completely destroyed by lung lining and I noticed that when I was leaving my house and it was bin day I was struggling to breathe because of the toxic fumes that come off the waste.

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“Every week I am faced with rotting food bins. And now every few weeks I am faced with the stench from green bins and blue bins with leftover rotting food scrapings on them. Maggots and flies can be seen around them.

“The council seem to think because they empty the food bins every week, there’s no smell now. They seem to forget people put things in their general waste bins like nappies for example and leave it to sit for 3 weeks. You can imagine the stench.”

In an email seen by the Bracknell News, the council said: “Suez (our waste collection contractor) avoid collecting from grass areas where possible, as they can become wet, slippery and muddy which can cause safety issues.”

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Ms Brunton claims that she has suggested that the bin point be moved to a grassy area, 10 feet from her garden path in order to clear the footpath and prevent the smell of 2-3 weeks worth of rotting debris from affecting her day-to-day life.

In an email seen by the Bracknell News, the council said: “Suez (our waste collection contractor) avoid collecting from grass areas where possible, as they can become wet, slippery and muddy which can cause safety issues. You can contact the SUEZ team on 01344 355283 to speak with them regarding their health and safety guidelines.”

After calling the waste collection contractor, Brunton claims that they had no knowledge of this and their employees have no issues with stepping on grassy areas to retrieve bins.

It was agreed in an email that the collection point be moved to a nearby car park beside her home so that they would ‘no longer cause an obstruction to her home or the pathway.’

Anne explained: “The plan he came up with actually meant that the bins were closer to my front door than they were previously. So rather than the bins being 10 feet away from my front door so I had a tiny modicum of breathing space now bins would be 2-3 feet away from my front door right up against the side of my house.”

The council claimed in one of their emails that: “The food caddies are emptied on a weekly schedule, any smells should be less than before the waste collection changes in March 2020, as previously food was in green bins for 2 weeks before being emptied.”

Anne said: “I’m really shocked. The man at the council seemed to think that because there were no food scraps in the bin there would be no smell. I don’t understand how he could believe that. All those things give off gases that you wouldn’t want to sit and breathe and they’re asking me to live by them.”

Damian James, Assistant Director for Contract Services at Bracknell Forest council commented: “The council is aware of and investigating a complaint raised by the resident. As the process for this complaint is still ongoing and not yet concluded, we cannot comment any further at this time.”