Town sees nearly 6,500 fly-tipping cases in a year
Joan McTigueA local authority has received nearly 6,500 reports of fly-tipping over the past 12 months.
Middlesbrough Council has secured eight court prosecutions and issued 87 fixed penalty notices for environmental crime related offences.
Independent councillor Joan McTigue said it was becoming "a weekly event" in her Longlands and Beechwood ward and said she hoped the culprits were caught.
Ian Blades, executive member for neighbourhoods, said "fly-tipping is lazy and anti-social and can blight entire neighbourhoods".
"We are determined to stamp it out, and those responsible must know they are not above the law, and are liable to end up out of pocket and with a criminal record," he said.
"We can only do this with the support of the public, and I am enormously grateful for their help in our ongoing drive to put an end to this blight on our town."
LDRSMcTigue said if she could find out who was responsible she would collect their rubbish "and dump it in their front garden", according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
She said: "Every resident has bins and if they need more, they can have more if they ask for them.
"If it continues, a camera will catch them out."
Residents can book online to dispose of large items at the Household Waste and Recycling Centre at Haverton Hill.
