Roof slates and drainpipes are dumped in lane
A LARGE pile of rubbish thought to be linked to the building trade has been dumped in a rural lane in the borough of Hinckley and Bosworth.
The industrial mess included grey slate tiles and drainpipes and was fly-tipped in Green Lane, near Barton in the Beans.
Wooden pallets and drink bottles were also among the waste.
A message on the Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council website said: “It is construction waste and is probably from a building or roofing-type business.
“We are appealing for witnesses. Do you recognise these roof slates? Have you had your roof replaced or seen a neighbour having their roof replaced?
“Fly-tipping is a crime and people caught fly-tipping will be prosecuted.”
The fly-tip was reported to the local authority on Thursday, August 12.
Last month, a fly-tipper was fined £400 for dumping rubbish in Groby.
A dog walker spotted them in the act and managed to get a picture of their car, including the registration plate, which helped officials track down the culprit.
The council had similar success in June in tracking down flytippers who dumped 10 bin bags of waste in a lane in Kirkby Mallory.
The mess included several identifiable items, which officials used to trace the offenders, who also received a £400 fixed-penalty notice. Recent figures revealed that every day an average of 32 piles of rubbish were fly-tipped in Leicestershire.
The statistics, from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), showed there were 11,550 incidents of fly-tipping recorded across the area in
2019/20.
Figures from the borough council show that there were 1,082 cases last year, up more than 50 per cent from 702 cases in
2019.
The total bill for 2020 fly-tips was £54,600, up more than £19,000 from the previous year’s total of
£35,570. To report a fly-tip, visit:
Have you had your roof replaced or seen a neighbour having their roof replaced?