By Glen Keogh For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:33 GMT, 12 February 2019 | Updated: 22:33 GMT, 12 February 2019
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Almost 5,000 complaints about missed bin collections were received by councils every day last year, it emerged yesterday.
The number of protests about uncollected rubbish has increased by a third in five years – coinciding with a large fall in council spending on bin rounds.
However, the 1.8million complaints across Britain last year may be far short of the true extent of missed bin collections, as not all householders report them.
The BBC gathered data from 336 of 391 local authorities responsible for bin collection, using Freedom of Information laws. It showed residents in England made 1.5million complaints in 2018, with 149,000 in Scotland, 92,000 in Wales and 33,000 in Northern Ireland.
The number of protests about uncollected rubbish (stock image) has increased by a third in five years – coinciding with a large fall in council spending on bin rounds
Figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show that spending on waste collection in England has
