Fly-tipping 'out of control' in Wolverhampton as rubbish dumped yards from tip
Furious residents are calling on Wolverhampton Council to extend the opening hours of refuse sites after a spate of fly-tipping incidents near a city tip.
Piles of rubbish, including furniture, boxes and large bin liners filled with clothes and household waste were dumped outside the the former Strykers site, just yards from the Shaw Road tip.
The unsightly mess was left in front of the derelict site for three days before it was removed by the council.
Residents say the spot has become a hotbed for fly-tipping in recent years, a problem which they claim has been exacerbated by reduced opening hours at the dump.
Sohail Khan, aged 39, from Craddock Street, said: "Fly-tipping has got out of control in Wolverhampton and is costing taxpayers a fortune.
"Reducing the tip opening hours was always asking for trouble, but the council is completely out of touch with what is going on."
Both the Shaw Road site and the city's other main public refuse dump in Anchor Lane, Bilston, have had their opening hours slashed as the cash-strapped authority bids to cut costs. Shaw Road is now closed on Thursdays and Fridays, with Anchor Lane shutting every Tuesday and Wednesday. Tory councillor Paul Singh said: "If the tips were open seven days then we wouldn't be facing this problem. The council needs an urgent rethink."
Wolverhampton Council is planning to close the Shaw Road and Anchor Lane tips and replace them city a huge 'super dump' in the East Park area. Last year the authority said it was dealing with 234 instances of fly-tipping every month, leaving the authority with a costly clean-up bill to tackle the problem. In 2015/16 the council's public realm cleansing team attended 2,359 reports of fly-tipping.
