Harwich town councillor Geoff Smith, who regularly patrols the area to highlight fly-tipping and dumped rubbish, described the amount of mess as “unacceptable”. “While I appreciate it can be quite difficult for households that don’t have the space for a wheelie bin to store their rubbish, putting food waste in the black sacks is going to encourage seagulls and cats to rip them open and scatter rubbish everywhere,” he said. “If people used their food caddy this wouldn’t happen. “Putting broken glass and beer bottles in with the rest of your general waste is not acceptable, it could cause a serious injury to the refuse collectors.