NEIGHBOURS living in streets strewn with rubbish, furniture and clothing, being confronted with the scene outside their homes every morning is "disgusting".

People in Peppermint Place and Orange Grove, Leytonstone, are fed up with the every day sight of bins overflowing and rubbish and clothes scattered around.

They claim people leave bags of clothes at the Traid clothing bank which are then pulled apart by foxes, "defeating the purpose of the charity".

Stephen Rouse, of Melon Road, wants to swap his council house for a home outside London, but says when people come to view it they are turned off by the dirty streets.

Mr Rouse, of Melon Road, said: “Since they put that clothes bank there it has been surrounded by clothing.

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“It defeats the purpose because the clothes are destroyed and cannot be used and have to be dumped.

“A few years ago these streets used to be clean but now they are a mess.

“It is affecting us because we are trying to exchange our house and when people come to see it they love the house but not the state of the street.

“It is devaluing the house and I am not very happy.”

Iqra Ahmed, who lives in Peppermint Place, believes an increase in rubbish collections would help with the problem.

The 24-year-old student said: “Every day the bins and clothes bank are overflowing and it is not nice to see this outside your home.

“Foxes and rats tear it apart and scatter the rubbish on the street.

“It is smelly and it gets my mother down.

“I am disappointed with the council because they used to collect the bulky items and furniture every Friday but now they only come every few weeks and it is not enough.

“I think this is causing people to fly-tip.”

Marie Haydon Turner, of Orange Grove, said she wants cameras to be installed to catch fly-tippers.

The 58-year-old said: “There is rubbish dumped near the bins and rats and foxes pull it apart and it is awful.

“But even if the council comes every week, people are going to be dirty and it will not stop the problem.

“I don’t see why they won’t put CCTV in because that is the only way they can catch the people.

“People are not co-operating and I think it is disgusting.

“Also, it would be better if they took away the clothes bin because there are always clothes strewn about and it has gotten worse recently.”

Sergio Mendes, Traid’s Logistics and Operations Manager said: “We received two complaints in 2016 of full banks which were dealt with immediately.

“Going forward, to address resident concerns, we have increased the collection frequency of this bank and invite local residents to report directly to our logistics team on 020 8733 2582 if they spot problems so they can be resolved quickly.”

Cllr Clyde Loakes, deputy leader and cabinet member for environment said: “We will carry out additional monitoring on these roads, however Peabody housing association is responsible for ensuring that any fly-tipped waste and bulky items are removed from the communal bin storage areas, and we will raise any issues with them directly.

“We offer an unlimited free bulky waste collection service to residents.

“However this needs to be booked in advance and residents are asked to leave their items outside their properties on the day they are allocated when they book.”