Rancid food, overflowing bins and late rubbish collections are causing a stink for residents across the city.

Glasgow city council have been accused of failing to plan their new recycling scheme fully as locals are plagued by rats, flies and putrid mulch outside their doors.

Others say they have got nowhere to dispose of their recycling, having not been given the communal food bins.

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As reported by the Evening Times, Wyndford residents said their new bins had become “rat restaurants” and had been left unemptied for weeks.

Now more people have raised concerns about similar issues in Maryhill, Woodside and Partick.

On Cedar Street, Woodside, at least five sets of recycling bins for food and paper could be seen overflowing and spilling out in front of homes.

Bags full of rotten vegetables and meat were baking in the heat as Glasgow’s temperatures have soared to more than 23C in the last few weeks.

When our reporter visited the site, they witnessed several passersby stuffing normal rubbish in to the already full bins.

Joanne McCallum, a mum-of-two who lives in the area, said: “I don’t think this has been thought out properly at all.

“The bins are absolutely stinking, and I can’t open my windows because of the flies.

“I have a one-year-old son and eight-week old daughter, it’s a health hazard.”

“The stench when you walk out of the house is horrible. It doesn’t look nice with rubbish everywhere.

“If you have friends or family coming, this is the first thing they see.

“Last night my dad was here dropping the kids off and there were so many flies, he started trying to move the bins away from the front door.”

Joanne’s mum Jean McCallum added: “They just can’t live like this. It’s horrible.

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“Everyone is for recycling but this is just impractical, and dangerous. It could attract rats.”

In Fingal Street, Maryhill, another resident complained of similar problems and said: “These bins are now overflowing as they haven’t been emptied for about three weeks.

“It’s not only rats we have a problem with but also seagulls, magpies and crows [ripping] the bin bags and leaving rubbish scattered.”

Another resident on Lawrence Street, Partick, said they had not been given a communal food waste bin at all, however the council disputed this.

A Glasgow City Council spokeswoman said Lawrence Street residents had a delay of a week before their large bins were delivered.

She said on Fingal Street there are eight blue bins which were full but “not overflowing” and the food waste bin has been contaminated with cans, which have now been removed.

On Cedar Street, she said local residents had been contaminating the recycling bins, and said when non-food waste is put in to the food bins another crew needs to be called out to remove the items before the food can be taken away.

She said: “The local housing association has identified some issues with some local tenants who are consistently contaminating bins with bulk or inappropriately disposing of items.”

“We are working with the local housing associations to look at where improvements can be made including the location of the bins.

“When food waste bins are contaminated they can’t be uplifted by the food waste collection team and requires another vehicle and crew to uplift.

“This has a knock on effect on the collection service and the services of other areas”