Sheffield flytipping: Page Hall bin used as dumping ground '24 hours a day'

The resident from Page Hall – who asked not to be named – says the hotspot on Robey Street, by the junction with Hinde House Lane, is so bad the council can clear it one day only for it to be littered again by ‘the next morning’.

Photos show how, over the course of a week between May 10 and 16, items such as mattresses, furniture, fridges and vacuum cleaners have been dumped.

"It’s disgraceful,” the woman told The Star. “I just want it to stop.

“Every day I walk past it and it is the same. It’s been going on for over a year.

“Even when the council comes and cleans it away it just comes back within 24 hours.

“Every morning there is fly tipping at the top of the road causing rats upon rats and it’s absolutely disrespectful and disgusting.

“I can’t see how anyone can do it.

“It all seems to be around this one bin but I’ve seen it across the estate as well.”

The resident is calling for action to be taken by the council to curb flytipping on her road, and is asking if CCTV coverage or a campaign to let waste dumpers know the area is being monitored can be arranged.

Sheffield City Council has been contacted for a comment.

Some 12,126 fly-tipping incidents were reported to Sheffield Council in 2020-21.

They resulted in 1,723 enforcement actions, 289 fixed penalty notices, and just two fines resulting from crown court convictions.