Council appeal to catch fly-tipping gang after spending £20,000 to remove 45 tonnes of waste

Joe Gamp
·Contributor, Yahoo News UK
Updated ·2-min read
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Harborough District Council took three days to remove two mountains of fly-tipped waste – at a cost of £20,000 (SWNS)

A council is attempting to catch a fly-tipping gang after spending £20,000 to remove 45 tonnes of waste from two dumps.

Vast piles of rubbish were dumped at locations on access roads leading off a busy stretch of the A6 near Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

The massive amount of household and construction waste was piled over a metre high in places and stretched along the entire length of the roads.

But the two illegal dumps only came to the attention of Harborough District Council after motorists complained they could see the waste from the main road.

Shocking pictures show the devastation caused by fly-tippers who dumped a whopping 45 TONNES of rubbish near a main road. See SWNS story SWMDrubbish. Council leaders have been forced to spend £20,000 of taxpayers’ cash removing two huge mountains of dumped waste. The fly-tipped rubbish only came to the attention of the council after the piles of waste became so large motorists were able to see if from the road. The two mountains of rubbish have been building up near the very busy section of the A6 near Market Harborough, Leics. A combined effort from FCC Environment, Leicester County Council traffic management team and Harborough District Council managed to tackle the mess. It took three days for the waste to be removed, which cost £20,000. Dozens of workers and many heavy-duty vehicles were used to transport the rubbish away.
The FCC Environment, Leicester County Council traffic management team and Harborough District Council spent three days removing the waste (SWNS)

Authorities spent three days removing the mountain of rubbish in the biggest single incident of fly-tipping the authority has ever had to tackle.

The council believes the waste was dumped over a period of several months.

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The incident is being treated as a criminal offence and the council is appealing for information to track down those responsible.

Shocking pictures show the devastation caused by fly-tippers who dumped a whopping 45 TONNES of rubbish near a main road. See SWNS story SWMDrubbish. Council leaders have been forced to spend £20,000 of taxpayers’ cash removing two huge mountains of dumped waste. The fly-tipped rubbish only came to the attention of the council after the piles of waste became so large motorists were able to see if from the road. The two mountains of rubbish have been building up near the very busy section of the A6 near Market Harborough, Leics. A combined effort from FCC Environment, Leicester County Council traffic management team and Harborough District Council managed to tackle the mess. It took three days for the waste to be removed, which cost £20,000. Dozens of workers and many heavy-duty vehicles were used to transport the rubbish away.
Dozens of workers and many heavy-duty vehicles were used to transport the rubbish away (SWNS)

Councillor Phil King, leader of Harborough District Council, said: “It is a big criminal operation. It is outrageous behaviour and residents of our district want us to keep it clean as we can.

“We have to get the evidence together and find out, if we can, who did this. We have used CCTV in the past to catch fly-tippers and monitor hotspots for people dumping rubbish.

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“We are going through the waste to see if there are leads and clues there in an effort to try and bring these criminals to justice. If we catch who has done this then we'll do our best to make them pay for the cost of cleaning it up.”

Shocking pictures show the devastation caused by fly-tippers who dumped a whopping 45 TONNES of rubbish near a main road. See SWNS story SWMDrubbish. Council leaders have been forced to spend £20,000 of taxpayers’ cash removing two huge mountains of dumped waste. The fly-tipped rubbish only came to the attention of the council after the piles of waste became so large motorists were able to see if from the road. The two mountains of rubbish have been building up near the very busy section of the A6 near Market Harborough, Leics. A combined effort from FCC Environment, Leicester County Council traffic management team and Harborough District Council managed to tackle the mess. It took three days for the waste to be removed, which cost £20,000. Dozens of workers and many heavy-duty vehicles were used to transport the rubbish away.
The rubbish piles became so high that motorists were able to see if from the busy section of the A6 (SWNS)

Council workers have erected bollards to stop fly-tippers driving up the two access roads.

A council spokesperson added: “The council is continuing to investigate this incident.

“We are appealing for witnesses or any dash-cam footage which may help with our investigation.”

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