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English: ► Update 2 March 2012. These recycling bins used to be on the pavement on the other side of Town Hall Approach Road.

According to Haringey Council, they were moved at the request of an unelected, unaccountable body called the Tottenham Green Working Group which asked for them to be relocated after the former Town Hall was developed and "it was felt the bins were an eyesore".

Notice the passive unnamed third persons: "it was felt". Nice touch that. Nobody takes responsibility. And although the Working Group was - in practice - making decisions about the area, it included no elected ward councillor nor any local resident. But hey, that's accountability and democracy in Haringey Kober-style.

In September 2011, I was told there would be a: "review of the level of use of this set of recycling bins and possible alternative locations to determine whether they are actually needed any longer and if so where they might be better positioned". The three local ward councillors were to be included in the review. Also I was promised that I I'd be told the outcome.

At the time I was one of the three elected councillors for Tottenham Hale ward which is 150 yards (130 metres) from Tottenham Green. I never heard a word.

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§ There are other examples of the thoughtless and careless uglification of Tottenham Green. For example, it was used several months as a handy piece of land to store equipment. One of the paths was used for dumping waste.