Businesses responsible for leaving eyesore blue bins against the historic town walls in Tenby need to manage their trade waste disposal better councillors stated this week.

Members of Tenby town council have questioned recently why the ‘eyesore’ blue bins are back blocking the iconic town walls along the South Parade, after being removed last summer following action by Pembrokeshire County Council.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of the town council, Clr. Laurence Blackhall told his colleagues that a number of people had enquired with him as to what progress had been made in getting the bins removed again.

“Let’s make it incredibly clear, no blue bins or any trade waste bins, other than those public bins put out by PCC, should be along the South Parade, St Florence Parade or anywhere near adjoining the town walls and Five Arches,” he said.

“Quite simply it should be down to the businesses to manage the situation and take their waste off site every single day, like other businesses in the town seem to do.

“We have discussions about Tenby’s fantastic walls and making the most to appreciate them, and then people put dustbins against them! It’s lunacy,” continued Clr. Blackhall.

Clr. Mike Evans said that he’d spoken to a PCC representative on the matter and there seemed to have been some confusion on areas that the authority thought that the town council were happy with bins being placed.

He said that if the town council laid out their stance on the matter then PCC would have to act on it.

Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter said that it was frustrating as the blue bins did disappear for a while after it was brought up last year, but were now back again.

“As has been said before, the majority of restaurant owners and businesses take their rubbish away every day, so why can’t these?” she added.