Sheffield shops: New launch date for Fargate super-bins as shoppers wedge rubbish into cracks
Sheffield City Council has announced a new launch date for underground super-bins, as people looking for somewhere to dump their rubbish stuff it into cracks around the new containers.
The authority says a specialist lifting machine is due on Fargate this month.
But they are neeed now according to Star reader Len Sims because shoppers wedging rubbish into gaps around the new bins are “making the place look really ugly”.
Meanwhile businesses on Fargate are continuing to use dumpsters.
Three huge containers were buried on Fargate to take business waste as part of a £14m revamp of the famous street.
They require a bespoke vehicle and lifting equipment when they are emptied
Last month, the authority said the vehicle had arrived but was having fabrication works and safety testing.
The revamp of Fargate included new paving, flowerbeds and benches. It was declared complete in April.
Started in spring 2023, it was originally scheduled to finish in summer 2024.