Anger amongst residents of South Gloucestershire village after 'disgusting' case of fly tipping
A huge amount of rubbish has been dumped on a road in South Gloucestershire, renewing anger from local residents about the problem of fly tipping.
Pictures shared on social media show the scale of the mess left on Henfield Road near Pucklechurch.
They were posted in a local community group called 'Shout Out Pucklechurch' on Monday 24 August.
The individual who alerted local residents to the problem said they had reported the fly tipping case to the council's street care team.
A vast range of items were left on the side of the road. The pictures show wooden drawers, plastic boxes, black bin bags, shelves and bits of plastic piping piled up.
South Gloucestershire Council's website states that fly tippers can face fines of up to £50,000 if they are caught in the act.
Dumping waste is a criminal offence and offenders can also face a prison sentence of up to 5 years.
South Gloucestershire Council said: "We found that waste had been illegally dumped along a section of public highway on Henfield Road near Pucklechurch over the weekend.
We attended the site yesterday and operatives from our StreetCare Team cleared the fly tip, removing around four tonnes of waste. Evidence has been gathered and passed to our Envirocrime Team to investigate."
A spokesperson continued: "We have a zero-tolerance approach to fly tipping in South Gloucestershire and we will be relentless in our efforts to identify those responsible and bring them before the courts.
"Anyone who fly-tips here is up to five times more likely to be prosecuted than anywhere else in the country and we have a 100% success rate for securing convictions when we take a case to court.
“If anyone has information relating to this, or any other instances of fly tipping in South Gloucestershire, then we encourage them to report it by emailing streetcare@southglos.gov.uk or by contacting the StreetCare helpdesk on 01454 868000."
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