A landlord claims no one wants to rent her property because of rubbish left in the rear alley that smells so awful it "makes her feel sick".
Neeru Saxena, who owns the house with her husband Mukun, said it's got so bad there are rats, cockroaches and flies in the passageway, which runs behind a row of terrace houses, including Neeru's, in Grosvernor Road, Wavertree in Liverpool.
Residents leave their wheelie bins in the alley behind their own houses throughout the week and according to Liverpool City Council, should take the bins to the entrances of the alley on collection days but Neeru, 50, explained a number of residents fail to do this.
As a result, she adds, rubbish can sit there uncollected for weeks on end and becomes a health hazard.
The 50-year-old, who has owned the house since 2013, claims she has found it tough to find a new tenant as a result of the mess.
“Nobody wants to rent it," she said, adding that prospective tenants go into the back and are put off after seeing the mess and noticing the smell.
Pictures shared with the Liverpool Echo show overflowing wheelie bins with bin bags had been left on the floor and torn open, spreading debris across the cobbles.
A Liverpool City Council spokesperson, sharing a response from Liverpool Streetscene Services Limited, said that “the alleyway between Grosvenor Road and Barrett Street is cleansed on a weekly basis and all purple bins presented at the designated collection points are collected”.
They added that collection points include behind alley gates at the end of each alleyway and, where applicable, middle entry point. The service added that “bins not brought to the alleyway entrance for collection are not routinely collected - refuse crews do not visit the middle of alleyways to collect waste”.
They said the authority "will continue to work with and educate residents to improve the situation."
Neeru, 50, added that she does not want to put rubbish outside of the front of the house for cultural reasons and would prefer to leave it out the back.
Meanwhile, in Blaenau Gwent, Wales a retired woman was taken to court after a neighbour put empty Fruit Shoot bottles in her black wheelie bin.
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council took action against Catherine Maddy, alleging she failed to properly dispose of her recyclable waste, as the bottles were in the incorrect bin.
The former secretary appeared at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court, where Hayley Hawkins, appearing on behalf of the council, said the authority had decided to drop the case.
Evidence submitted by Ms Maddy showed other people were dumping recyclable waste, including drinks bottles and cans in her black bin, and in fact she was using her bins correctly.
