FRUSTRATED residents are once again asking council bosses to sort out overflowing bins blighting a South Side street.

Dixon Avenue is a hotspot for fly tipping and commercial businesses dumping waste.

Residents have been asking the council for years to tackle the issue.

But as these pictures show, the problem is only getting worse.

Local councillor Soryia Siddique said she had been contacted by community members fed up with the situation.

The council, however, says the street has bins with a capacity of 8000 litres, which should be sufficient for the number of flats, and said the bins are being misused.

Soryia said: “There are many examples of why there is need for more cleansing and enforcement staff in Govanhill and Southside Central.

“Cuts have consequences and I am receiving complaints from the local community clearly angry and frustrated - sharing their lived experience of living in a littered and over flowing bins environment.

“There have been many discussions and site visits with managers and neighbourhood officers, however the challenges remain.

“The SNP - Green budget was passed, which was a missed opportunity to invest in cleansing resources for local communities.

“I will continue to campaign for adequate resources for a clean and green Govanhill and Glasgow.”

In 2018 the commercial waste policy for the city centre was changed and large on street Taylor bins were no longer kept permanently on the streets.

Glasgow Times: Dixon Avenue Taylor bins

When the commercial waste policy for businesses was introduced the council said it did not want unsightly large bins sitting out on the street encouraging vermin and fly tipping.

On its website the council said: "Waste permanently stored on our streets attracts vermin, causes litter and obstruction issues for people with mobility issues."

But then it decided to use the bins on residential streets where access to tenemental backcourts was deemed difficult.

Residents have found the large bins to be subject to misuse by businesses and to attract flytipping.

With bin collections now on an eight day cycle, the large bins often fill up and overflow.

Locals say the street attracts seagulls and rats and they are calling for additional bins to be placed on the Govanhill street.

A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: “The bins identified in this picture are for domestic refuse and only for use by those living at the addresses identified on the bin.

“In the picture it is clear that the recycling bin has been contaminated with general waste and bags have been dumped inappropriately.

“Due to issues with access to the back courts of this block of flats, we have sited a total of seven large capacity bins for general waste along with other bins for recycling on the street.

“The bin capacity for general waste available to residents at this block is around 8000 litres, but unfortunately these bins do attract misuse by non-residents and local businesses.

“General waste is scheduled to be removed every eight days from these flats with dry, mixed recycling lifted every sixteen days, which is the standard collection cycle for all flats in Glasgow.”