Mansfield is being plagued by an "epidemic" of fly-tipping as figures show it cost nearly £100,000 to clear up waste in the town last year. Mansfield's mayor says this amount of money would be enough to create a brand new play area or to install 285 benches.
But the money was instead spent on dealing with the 2,133 fly-tipping incidents reported for the last financial year, ending in March 2023. The total cost of clearing the incidents up was £99,054, up from the £60,535 spent on dealing with around 1,200 fly-tips the year before.
Mansfield District Council does say a new system was being developed in the 2021/22 year, which could have meant an underreporting of incidents. But Labour Mayor Andy Abrahams said: "Residents are sick and tired of fly-tipping blighting their neighbourhoods.
