// BBC UK NEWS — CRONACA
Six months without bin collections prompts council tax refund call
Hawthorn Meadows resident Nathan Long wants a council tax rebate after living on a housing estate for six months without a council refuse collection service
A resident who has not had a bin collection for six months since moving on to a new-build estate is seeking a 100% council tax rebate as compensation.
Bins finally arrived on Hawthorn Meadows in Buckley, Flintshire, last month but Nathan Long and 60 other households can still only watch as refuse workers collect rubbish or recyclables from a nearby street.
Long said he wanted a rebate as he had been required to pay council tax since moving in and despite disposing of rubbish in skips provided by the estate developer.
The council said it was "working to resolve the situation" but a "multi-step setup process must occur" before new waste and recycling collection services are set up.
"It feels like we are not getting anywhere," said Long.
"We complain and we get responses that in part pass the buck on to others and in part pledge to do something about the problem.
"Meanwhile, we are sitting here watching bin crews collecting rubbish from across the road and wondering if they will ever come to us."
Mr Long is waiting to hear from the local authority about his request for a council tax rebate.
He added: "When we received our bins we thought that was the signal.