30 tyres dumped in alleyway behind Stoke-on-Trent bungalows
Pensioners have spoken of their dismay after 30 tyres were dumped in an alleyway behind their Stoke-on-Trent bungalows.
A white man van was seen pulling into Nellan Crescent, Smallthorne,Staffordshire, at around 12noon yesterday (May 11) before driving offseconds later.
It comes after a huge spike in fly-tipping incidents across the citysince the country went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Roy Walley, who spotted the van arriving said: "They've done this in broad daylight. It's the brazen cheek that gets me."
"There's a row of six bungalows with a bank entry. I saw this big white van coming down and it went all the way to the end."
The 78-year-old added: "I thought it was going to the last bungalow but when I looked it had gone. I thought to myself 'there's something going on here' and when I went to investigate I saw that 20 to 30 tyres had been dumped.
"I rang the council and gave them the details but I got cut off. It's the first time anything like this has happened around here. All the neighbours sweep up their entries so it is normally very tidy."
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Mr Walley hopes that by raising awareness it "will make someone think twiceabout dumping their waste again."
Councillor Candi Chetwynd has been calling for more to be done totackle fly-tipping in her ward.
She said: "It's awful for these elderly, vulnerable pensioners to haveto deal with this.
"Fly-tipping has become a real scourge across the city and we need tosupport people in these situations. It beggars belief that more isn't being done to tackle the issue. This is an essential service."
Stoke-on-Trent City Council removed the tyres yesterday afternoonafter being alerted to the incident.
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