Action demanded on rubbish mountain

It has caused concern for several months and now this mountain of rubbish in the Black Country has grown so tall that it is towering over a nearby housing estate.

Residents in Brierley Hill are now pleading with environment bosses to take action against the waste management firm which runs the site off Moor Street.

It is managed by Refuse Derived Fuel Ltd and is close to the Honeybourne estate built on the former Royal Brierley Crystal factory.

The firm shreds and dries solid waste, turning the household rubbish and industrial refuse into fuel. Residents say urgent action is needed to clean up the site. Stef Andrews, aged 20, lives in Bague Walk with her two-year-old daughter Maddie.

But she branded the mountain of waste an "eyesore" with dust and smells coming from the rubbish pile on warm days.

Fellow resident Emma Clayton, 21, added: "It's amazing that people live so close to it."

A representative of Refuse Derived Fuel Ltd declined to comment.