Council gone nuts - can anyone help?

[Jennjol]

This is a long story. I'm from Scotland. Tenements from across the road decided a few years back, to remove back court bins and to use 12/14 large metallic bins instead. The bins were stored within a lane that's owned by around 9 tenements. Each tenement has direct access to the lane/bins. As they were mucky beggars, the lane this year filled up with refuse bags because they were too lazy to put them in the bins. Add to that, they refused to close the gate which is at the entrance and so attracted fly tipping.
The residents have now moved all the bins into the road in front of my tenement. It's not a council enforced bin hub. We still have back court bins so can't understand why they can't have the same.
The metallic bins are an eyesore, attract vermin, flies, they stink and take up parking spaces. No amount of complaining to the council is helping. I'm not the only one complaining. Surely this is an illegal action and the council have a duty to force the residents across the street to move them back into the lane?
Picture is an example of the bins.

Personally I’d wait until bin day and then take them for a walk. Easy to move when empty. It may very well be they have been moved as the ground was uneven. Those things are a bugger to move over rough ground as heavy with tiny wheels.

they come with rubber stoppers in bottom but often removed to prevent bin juice accumulating which then provides easy access to rats and other vermin ( in all fairness rats chew through them too)

There should be a designated storage spot for them. I used to work for the council and I’ve never seen a single one where the risk assessment has it just parked on the road. They are always pulled back or tucked away in case a muppets fails to lock the wheels and it rolls into traffic.

If you have only reached out to the council's main switchboard / cleansing department and got nowhere then I suggest you email your local councillor. Tell them your concerns re vermin, smell etc. Include photographs if you can.
If you get nowhere, copy in the head of the local council and your MSP to your follow up email.
After that, local news...

Thanks for replies. Myself and other residents have logged complaints with the council and councillors. My gut says that one of the residents who moved the bins, is related to one of the councillors. There are 3 councillors, one who verbally (not in writing) says that the bins were moved with council approval, one on the bench and the 3rd who says he'll help but has gone quiet. I don't think a risk assessment was done. I'll probably need to write to my local paper.