Snap Send Solve: isolation cleaning sparks dumped rubbish reports

Litter and overflowing bins has been one of the top gripes to Snap Send Solve as Melburnians use lockdown to clear out household clutter. But many popular complaints are well below normal.

Reporting of rubbish and overflowing bins have increased. Picture: Supplied

Isolation has meant more time in the garden and an early chance at spring cleaning, the latest data reveals.

Reports from the app Snap Send Solve, which allows users to flag hazards such as damaged pavement and abandoned vehicles, were mostly down across the board.

But reports of rubbish and overflowing bins were up 11.8 per cent in April compared to March.

And rubbish dumping was up 3.6 per cent.

Melbourne councils recently reported an alarming rise in illegal dumping, some up more than 240 per cent.

Flooded streets and gutters, like this one in Malvern East, have also seen a spike.

Extra time on our hands has been good news for gardeners, with reports of overgrown vegetation plummeting more than 30 per cent in April compared to March.

The data clearly showed fewer people were out an about, with parking reports down 43.8 per cent, and abandoned vehicle reports down 31.9 per cent.

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A wet April wreaked havoc on some stormwater systems, with eastern metro (up 131 per cent), south eastern (up 89.3 per cent) and southern metro (up 43.5 per cent) all seeing spikes in street gutter reports.

Snap Send Solve would not provide statistics broken down into council areas.

The reports of dumped rubbish come as the State Government announced plans to mobilise out of work Victorians to clean up our streets.

The $5.6 million program included plans for the removal of graffiti, overgrown vegetation and hazardous trees, and dumped rubbish.