A WOMAN with three serious health problems was left with a mound of rubbish outside her back door for two months, after the council failed to collect it.
Sue Perry, 46, from Llandrillo, who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, CMT (Charcott Marie Tooth Disease) and Fibromyalgia (a chronic pain condition) was left with the mounting pile due to new regulations which stopped the collections being made from her back door.
Mrs Perry, whose 14 year-old daughter Sophie also suffers from CMT, requested an assisted collection from the council.
"I had to get a letter from my chronic disease case manager to prove that I was unable to put out my rubbish, which I sent to the council six weeks ago," said Mrs Perry.
Mrs Perry, who is also recovering from a heart attack, contacted Denbighshire County Council on a daily basis regarding her mounting rubbish pile at the back of her house.
"I informed the council that my immune system is low as multiple sclerosis is an auto immune disease, and being left with rubbish at my back door was a huge health risk," said Mrs Perry.
"But my rubbish wasn't collected until today (Wednesday, May 19), almost two months later."
After her rubbish was collected, Mrs Perry received a call from the council to tell her she is on the list for assisted collection, but that she must get ‘all the rubbish to the front' of her property.’
"If I could do that I wouldn't need assisted collection," she said.
"This is in spite of the fact that I filled out a form saying my rubbish would be left at the back door and they had phoned me and said that was okay," she added.
Mrs Perry praised her regular bin men, who she said had always gone above and beyond the call of duty to help her.
“It is scary to think how many vulnerable, ill and elderly people who will now be left in the same position as I was.
“I just hope and pray I don't get more ill because of the severe health risks I was subjected to.”
A spokeswoman for Denbighshire County Council said: “For assisted collections, the council will collect refuse from a specified point, which will have been agreed with the householder.
“The collection point has to be outside the property, our operatives cannot enter buildings (including garages, sheds or out-houses) in order to remove waste,” she added.
Denbighshire County Council have since spoken to Mrs Perry and have agreed to collect rubbish from the back of her house.