A RESIDENT said overflowing bins left after protesters were evicted from an arts centre are in danger of becoming a “health hazard”.

Retired engineer Mike Searle from Boscombe lives by the closed Bournemouth Centre for Community Arts on Haviland Road.

The 68-year-old said the council has still not cleared two commercial bins full of rubbish left after the protesters were evicted in April.

He told the Daily Echo: “I have tried various avenues over several weeks, like phoning or emailing and I have just got nowhere. I am at my wits end.

“God knows what’s in it – there’s probably food – but in the warm weather it must be becoming a public health hazard.”

Mr Searle said he contacted the Echo in the hope of finally getting the problem resolved.

He added: “I have tried contacting the Waste Management department, who assured me it would be dealt with, and posted my complaint twice on the ‘Fix My Street’ website.”

The BCCA was occupied for two months by people opposed to a plan to redevelop the site as housing.

Paul Hastings, operations manager at Bournemouth Council, said: “The majority of the waste and rubbish – which was left courtesy of the protesters – was removed from the site straight away.

“The bins in question are set to be removed from the site first thing tomorrow morning.”