RUSCOMBE residents have branded a large fly-tip of household waste last week as “absolutely disgusting.”
The dumped rubbish on Castle End Road spilled across the road, causing an obstruction.
It included several blue bin bags, normally used as part of Wokingham Borough Council’s weekly kerbside waste collection service. Other loose items included building materials and children’s toys.
The pile was reported online to Wokingham Borough Council at approximately 8.30am on Thursday, February 3.
The council’s neighbourhood and communities team attended the scene that morning, where they found evidence that can be used to investigate the offence.
The team are now working to investigate the dumped waste in order to take legal action.
A spokesperson for the borough council said that following information from residents, it is believed that the rubbish was left at approximately 5.30am.
They added: “Due to the location of the fly-tipped waste, this was prioritised as a two-hour removal and was successfully removed by our contractor on the same day.”
Wokingham Today took photographs of the scene at 4.15pm that day.
Residents said that it took longer than two hours for council contractors to attend the scene to clear the rubbish, and questioned the contractor’s speed of response.
For more information and advice on waste removal and fly-tipping, visit: wokingham.gov.uk/roadworks-and-outdoor-maintenance/fly-tipping
