Environmental campaigners have blasted Dundee City Council over their efforts to provide suitable facilities for rubbish and dog waste at the hotly-disputed site of the former Kingspark School.
Dog walkers Lynn Watson and Graham Low insist they have been left to clean bags of glass and dog poo from the area.
The tenacious duo, who are disputing council plans to build homes on the greenbelt land, say that cleaning the park should not be left to them and have urged the council to do more to help.
Kingspark campaigner Lynn Watson said: “I had emailed Craig Melville in his role as environment convener on a number of different issues, and I’d mentioned the lack of dog poo bins as the ones around here were overflowing last week.
“I believe he is now getting two new bins installed for Kingspark.
“My son, Alex, regularly goes out to the wooded area surrounding the land and cleans up.
“He came back with a bag full of wallpaper scrapings the other day. No one is quite sure what the land is for at the moment, so the council need to decide what to do with it.”
Mr Low added: “The council are not shy in fining you for littering, but provide no solutions either.
“Our park was spotless, and now they’ve stopped cutting the grass in the lower part after we cleaned it.”
A spokesman for Dundee City Council said: “The council is planning to install two dog bins at the site of the former Kingspark School in the next few weeks. One at Gillburn Road and the other at the top end of the site where people exercise their dogs.”
Lib Dem representative Fraser Macpherson revealed recently that he too was contacted by residents over concerns about overflowing dog bins.
The West End councillor said: “The main concern I have had recently is the need for more regular emptying of bins that are already in place.
“The environment department has swiftly tackled the complaints I have raised.
“Where there is the need for additional dog bins raised by residents, I will always request these from the city council.
“Similarly, I had a recent complaint near Roseangle for the need for a replacement dog bin because the current dog bin is old and in poor condition and I have also raised the need for an additional litter bin near the Roseangle playpark too.
“The bottom line is that the city council should provide sufficient dog and litter bins across the city and if there is a location where provision is not adequate residents should raise it with the environment department direct or their councillor.”