Eastwood resident talks about his experience of the rubbish and fly tipping in the area

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00:00Why are we here today?

00:02Just to show how bad it really is, the rubbish in Eastwood.

00:07Yeah, and you've grown up here and you said it's really deteriorated, hasn't it?

00:10Yeah, I've lived here all my life. It's just outrageous.

00:14And what's the average day for you? How much rubbish would you see on average?

00:18A couple of tonnes, easy.

00:21The council workers, the cleansing team do a fantastic job.

00:27They must move a ton, two tonnes a day, easy.

00:31Yeah, and what kind of environment does that leave for residents that are living here?

00:35It's just dirty, smelly, rat infested. It's just, it's outrageous.

00:45If you hadn't grown up here, you wouldn't move here, would you?

00:48Oh no, definitely not. I wouldn't ask anyone to come up here.

00:53So what do you think should be done or could be done to improve this?

00:57I honestly don't know. I don't know.

01:01The council have got to make serious changes in what's happening.

01:08And you're very good at championing all these issues, aren't you?

01:11You've got your Facebook group.

01:13Yeah, I've got my own Facebook group. How clean is Eastwood?

01:16If anybody ever wants to have a look to see how bad it really is.

01:20Because it's really bad. It's out of control.