Stop the Neglect: Daily Trash Collection for Kilburn Grange

Every morning, this small patch of green holds our community together — dog walkers, families, runners, children, elders, friends. It's where we breathe. Where we belong.

But every summer, the same thing happens:

🗑️ Bins overflow and aren't collected regularly 🦊 Foxes and crows scatter rubbish across the park overnight 👶 Children play next to waste on their way to school 😤 We're told to "report it on an app" that doesn't even recognise our park as a location

Meanwhile, Hampstead Heath and Primrose Hill get larger bins, more frequent collections, and better infrastructure — even though most of their users are tourists, not local residents.

Over 99% of Grange users are local residents who pay council tax. We deserve equal care.

With the combined population of the surrounding wards growing by over 21% (adding more than 5,000 residents) in the last two decades, the current infrastructure has simply not scaled to meet this surge in demand, making the reliance on small, inadequate bins increasingly untenable.

✅ Daily afternoon rubbish collections — so waste doesn't sit overnight
✅ Larger, animal-proof bins — like the ones in Hampstead and Primrose Hill
✅ Transparency — how much is Veolia being paid, are they paying for using park land for their operations, and where is that money going?
✅ Fair treatment — our park attendant cannot manage 2 acres alone with substandard facilities
✅ A proper reporting system — not a broken app that shifts responsibility onto residents

It's about whether our community is valued the same as wealthier neighbourhoods. It's about a park that has served this community for over 100 years — and deserves to be treated with respect.