Revealed: West End and South Side's 'messiest' streets

Figures released in a Freedom of Information request show there are more than 9,000 requests from people living across the city every year for bins to be emptied and streets to be swept.

The worst affected areas are Craigton - with 792 requests last year - and Govan, with 720.

In Craigton there were 366 reports of unemptied or overflowing bins - the equivalent of one a day.

In Partick west, there were 702 calls for more bin emptying and street sweeping, followed by Hillhead, with 659.

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The figures show that across the city as a whole there were 9,268 calls to the council reporting over-flowing and unemptied bins, and rubbish on the streets during 2015.

The figure was down slightly on the previous year, when there were 9,443 calls, but up on 2013 - 8,068 - and 2012 - 6,184.

The fewest calls were from the Springburn area - with just 138 calls - followed by Calton, 249 calls, and the north east, 257 calls.

Official complaints about unemptied and overflowing bins were highest in Partick west - with 102 reports last year.

The Hillhead area was second, with 99 complaints.

Fewest complaints were from people in the Springburn area - with just nine, followed by the north east of the city, with 23.

Councillor Alistair Watson agreed that parts of Craigton did suffer with littering and said much of it had to do with commercial businesses - such as fast food outlets - and the concentration of schools in a relatively small area.

He said: "I think it depends on the demographics of the area.

"Part of Craigton, in South Cardonald and Crookston, includes two large secondary schools - Rosshall and Lourdes - and a primary school, and that generates an enormous footfall.

"That leads to ongoing concerns about the volume of litter created by fast food shops. A lot of it is generated by educational establishments."

He said he had been involved in a number of initiatives to tackle the problem and 12 children from the secondary schools had been fined for littering last year.

"They went on to take part in a community clean up that was very much appreciated," he said.

"The problem is ongoing and it's all about education."

He said the area did not suffer from fly tipping because many of the back lanes were gated but admitted there could be pockets from time to time.

Partick west councillor Kenny McLean was not surprised to hear the figures. He said he received a lot of complaints from residents about littering and fly tipping.

He said: "It seems to be particularly bad at the moment.

"I'm a local resident and I notice it. The council's bulky uplift policy for furniture doesn't seem to be working, it's creating spots where people dump rubbish. People are supposed to be able to leave furniture for collection at specific times but it doesn't seem to get collected and it just attracts more. I think it's very haphazard."

He said there was also a problem with street bins not getting emptied often enough and being misused by people dumping bags of rubbish in them.

"This has been going on for years but seems to be getting worse over the past wee while," he said.

"I appreciate it's difficult with financial cuts but the council is trying to ensure resources are kept in core services. They don't seem to be fulfilling their duties in relation to street cleaning."

He said problem areas included the Thornwood area and the Partick interchange.

Bailie Phil Greene, who represents Springburn, said he believed the streets there were as dirty as anywhere else - just that people weren't motivated enough to complain.

He said: "People in Springburn tend not to complain.

"The streets and bins are just as bad as everywhere else. I live in the South Side and the streets there are filthy.

"If there are any issues, not just bins, you will tend to find that people in deprived areas complain less than the middle classes. Springburn only has two active community councils out of six. If you have active community councils they push people forward. We have a lack of community organisations in Springburn.

"I have surgeries and quite often nobody turns up to them. When I do get complaints, it is quite often about dog dirt or dirty streets. People come to me rather than complain to the council."

A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said they collected more than 33 tons of litter every day from the streets.

She said 10,500 bins were emptied more than three million times a year and they swept 360,000km of streets.

"Keeping Glasgow clean is a huge task and it is everyone’s responsibility to play their part, not just the council, by disposing of rubbish correctly, recycling where possible and helping in your local community," she added. "We encourage people to contact us to report issues and thoughtless individuals who are littering, fly-tipping and not cleaning up after pets; making the problem worse.”

She said people in some areas were more willing to contact the council than others so the figures did not necessarily give an accurate reflection of which areas had more rubbish than others.