Residents on a private street in Dorset have been left fuming after discovering a massive pile of rubbing dumped on their street by fly-tippers.
Residents on Dover Road in Westbourne, Poole, woke up to the mountain of refuse on Tuesday – but the council still hasn’t cleaned it up.
Residents say they feel overlooked by the council – though some have argued the blame for the 30ft-long, 5ft-high pile of roof insulation lies with the fly-tippers who dumped it in the first place.
Residents have flagged the fly-tipping to the Environment Agency, as well as Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council – but the waste is still there.
Dionne Bell, 55, who lives on the road said: “But we also all pay council tax – and quite considerable amounts of it. The council washes their hands of it and leaves it for us to deal with.”
“This isn’t something we can do because nobody is sure what the material is.”
She said she acknowledges that residents knew that living there meant accepting the responsibility for its cleaning and maintenance.
Residents on a private street in Dorset were met with a 30ft-long pile of rubbish (stock pic)
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Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy says dealing with fly-tipped refuse on private property is the responsibility of the landowner.
Another resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said fly-tipping the industrial waste there was “an easy thing to do” because it was relatively well-hidden.
They said: “There are flats opposite but there are lot of trees in the way – you would have to get two minivans to get the stuff in properly.
“People just can’t be bothered to go to the tip to chuck stuff away…. A lot of people say it’s the council’s fault for charging for industrial waste, but the fault is on the people who do it, there’s no two ways about it. It’s very thoughtless.”
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