Fury as fly tippers dump mountains of Christmas rubbish and recycling outside UK supermarkets
- People in Sheffield rushed to get rid of their festive waste, angering local people
- Asda stores in Chapeltown, Handsworth and Parsons Cross had piles of bags
- Residents have branded the dumped waste mounds as ‘disgusting’ and ‘selfish’
Mountains of Christmas rubbish dumped by fly tippers have been pictured overflowing at recycling areas outside UK supermarkets.
People in Sheffield rushed to get rid of their festive waste which has sparked fury among some local residents.
The recycling points at the supermarkets were pictured with piles of cardboard, empty beer boxes and other bags of rubbish accumulating around them.
The dumped rubbish piles were pictured by those living near them at Asda stores in Chapeltown, Handsworth and Parsons Cross.
Morrisons in Ecclesfield had a huge pile too which has angered many in the community.
Mountains of Christmas rubbish dumped by fly tippers have been pictured overflowing at recycling areas outside UK supermarkets. Pictured is rubbish in Long Eaton, Derbyshire
A recycling centre at West Park in Long Eaton was also full of Christmas rubbish after people flocked to clear their houses of toy boxes, trees and bin bags
One frustrated local told Yorkshire Live: ‘It’s absolutely disgusting, the bins are all full, so people have just dumped at front.
‘Why they couldn’t just go and try the actual recycling centre at Longley (or Google the opening times first) or even drive down to check if Morrisons bins had space, I don’t know.’
Another said: ‘Selfish people, taking advantage of the store being closed for two days while hard working staff have a rest, giving them more to do when they go back.
‘Disgusting.’
Another person said: ‘People should be ashamed of themselves! It annoys the life out of me that the blue bin is so small and only emptied once a month but I wouldn’t dream of dumping it elsewhere for someone else to sort out.’
Erewash Borough Council who manage the site were later forced to close the gates to the site and took to Twitter to tell people to stop fly tipping
Despite signs saying warning rubbish left on the floor was flytipping people were seen adding to the piles of rubbish
The recycling centre at West Park in Long Eaton was covered with Christmas rubbish after people flocked to clear their houses of Christmas day toy boxes
Sheffield Council is allowing extra waste to be collected alongside normal bin days during the festive period.
Between December 27 and January 22 you can put out up to two bags of extra general waste out next to your bin to be collected.
Any non-recyclable waste can be put into a black bag, tied and then put out for collection next to the black bin.
A recycling centre at West Park in Long Eaton was also full of Christmas rubbish after people flocked to clear their houses of toy boxes, trees and bin bags.
Despite signs saying warning rubbish left on the floor was flytipping people were seen adding to the piles of rubbish.
Erewash Borough Council who manage the site were later forced to close the gates to the site and took to Twitter to tell people to stop fly tipping.