Man spent HOURS queuing for Sheffield tip – and now the council has responded
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The man, who wanted to remain anonymous, said he had gone to a tip on Longley Avenue at 9am on March 31 but had to start queuing two streets away.
He said: "It's no better at 9am on a Tuesday morning. Currently waiting on Herries Road, two streets away.
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Hide Ad"(I'm) beginning to understand the fly tipping mentality. Half an hour later, we can see the gates of the tip...and out of the gate an hour later."
The decision to open the tips all week came following reports of traffic tailbacks at a number of recycling centres and an increase in fly tipping across the city.
From April 1, the five household waste recycling centres will open from 9.30am to 5.30pm, seven days a week.
It was reported last week that buses were forced to divert their services earlier this week when huge queues of traffic formed to use the tip on Blackstock Road.
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Hide AdPreviously at the same recycling centre, traffic enforcement officers were deployed to stop people parking on the road.
The officers issued £70 on-the-spot fines to drivers who refused to move, triggering backlash from residents.
Many had also called for the council to make it easier for people to responsibly get rid of their waste, saying that this could prevent bins from overflowing, litter and fly tipping.