Disgruntled City of Port Phillip residents left with rats after rubbish collection chaos

City of Port Phillip residents are reporting they now have rats going through their rubbish after a ‘mapping glitch” prevented rubbish collection for weeks.

South Melbourne resident, Liz, says rats are all over the place.

“It’s been two weeks now … I’ve called the council three times over the last few days and I only just spoke to a team leader this afternoon  … they can’t even guarantee when they’re going to pick it up,” she told Tom Elliott.

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Councillor and former mayor of the Port Phillip council, Marcus Pearl, says he’s sorry for the rubbish collecting issue and explained what went wrong.

“This has been a result of the changeover to a new contractor and it’s not acceptable under any circumstances,” he told Tom Elliott.

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Image: Google Maps.