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Meet the locals clearing up Dundee’s bins mess – including an 89-year-old care home resident

Broughty Ferry care home residents clears rubbish from bin strikes
Margaret Crichton and Lauren Keen from Ferry House clearing up the rubbish.

An 89-year-old Broughty Ferry care home resident is among those helping to clear up rubbish during the Dundee bin strikes.

Refuse workers in the city are taking industrial action during a pay dispute.

A week into the strikes, huge piles of waste have built up across Dundee as people dump rubbish at recycling points and street bins are overflowing.

After spotting litter along the beachfront at Broughty Ferry, care home resident Margaret Crichton asked staff if they would help her tidy it up.

Litter at Broughty Ferry waterfront.

The 89-year-old was joined by carer Lauren Keen in filling 10 bags with rubbish.

The pair donned aprons and gloves to clear the waste littering the waterfront.

Leanne Wilkinson, a staff member at Ferry House – where Margaret lives – says the pensioner got the idea after going for a walk on Sunday evening.

‘It brightened up her day’

Leanne said: “Margaret noticed the front was full of litter and she asked if we could go out the following day.

“We got her dressed up in full PPE with Marigolds for extra protection, and she did the whole front next to the bins with Lauren.

“There were people going past saying well done, and she was telling them to get helping.

“Margaret is such a caring lady, she loves being hands-on and getting involved. It really brightened up her day, she was so happy.”

Rubbish on Reform Street.

Meanwhile staff at businesses including Fridays and Go on Reform Street have also stepped in to help keep the city clean.

Staff members Aleks Smolira and Sophie Grainger won praise from members of the public after they volunteered to sweep up outside the shop as the strikes took place.

Scott Burke, general manager, told The Courier: “At Fridays And Go we take pride in our local community and want our guests to have the best experience possible.

Aleks Smolira and Sophie Grainger from Fridays and Go.

“We love Dundee, it’s our home and we wanted to bring that Fridays Feeling to the local area.”

A fresh round of strikes are expected in Dundee, Fife, Perth and Kinross and Angus in September, unless a pay deal can be reached between unions and council body Cosla.

On Tuesday, Dundee City Council issued advice on collection plans from September 1 to 5, confirming only general waste will be collected from households.

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