Huge piles of rubbish have amassed in a field next to a Cardiff street. A 37-year-old resident from the Llanrumney area of the city said that the piles of rubbish began to form about a week ago.
"It's gradually got bigger and bigger," the resident said of the piles of rubbish. "There's over a tonne of rubbish there – there's sofas, there's mattresses. There's more than 50 rubbish bags." The resident said she fears the rubbish could be burned on Bonfire Night, saying the street usually hosts an annual bonfire.
"This time around it's not just a bit of old fire wood – there's plastic, there's rubbish bags, there's everything there," she said. The woman, who asked not to be named, said she had reported the incident to the council. "I walk my dogs there every day and now I can't because there's rubbish everywhere."
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The resident added that fly-tipping happens on the street "from time to time" and said she had reported incidents to the council in the past. Recently, however, she said she had rubbish dumped outside her own house and had to clear it away herself. She said an annual bonfire event takes place on the street for Bonfire Night. "Last year on the Llanrumney news page [on Facebook] there was a lot of praise saying how wonderful it was. Lots of people come to see the bonfire. The next day the road was just strewn with rubbish. There was just rubbish everywhere."
A Cardiff Council spokesman said: “We adopt a zero-tolerance approach to anyone caught fly-tipping, and our waste enforcement team investigates all reports of fly-tipping to try and identify those responsible. Fly-tipping is an offence that carries a maximum penalty of up to £50,000. Very serious offences could result in a fine plus up to five years in prison. A court may also order an offender to pay costs for all removal undertaken by the council.
“If anyone spots fly-tipping the most effective way of reporting it to us is via our website or via our Cardiff Gov app. That way we will have an exact location and all the information necessary to investigate.”
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