ONE of the biggest piles of fly-tipped rubbish a councillor has ever seen is still growing on a city estate as she calls for a more joined up approach to end the 'blight'.

The mountain of rubbish in Cranham Drive in Warndon in Worcester includes a shopping trolley, carpet, office chair and a broken chest of drawers as a councillor calls on more people on benefits to make use of the bulky waste collection service.

Cllr Jill Desayrah, the Labour councillor, said she first reported the mess to Platform Housing on March 9 and again on March 22, receiving acknowledgement from Platform. 

She now believes a more joined up approach, 'a fly tip collection co-operative', could be the answer.

This would involve closer working on the issue between Worcester City Council and registered social landlords, such as Platform, operating in the city.

Cllr Desayrah said the mess 'highlights the perennial problem of fly-tipping in parts of Warndon'.

The Labour councillor said: “In Warndon and elsewhere in the city, fly tipping is a common and most unwelcome blight.

"It's a shame that not everyone yet knows about the introduction of free bulky waste collections for those on council tax credit, which could alleviate some of the problem. But this particular mountain of fly tipping on Cranham Drive is one of the biggest I’ve seen.

"The additions to the pile that have arrived in the two weeks since I first photographed and reported it clearly show that the longer something like this hangs around, the bigger it gets.

"So, I started to think about how to make the collection process faster. Discussions were held to have a sort of cooperative to collect fly tipping.

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"Rather than four separate groups driving around the same area, ignoring dumped items that are not on their land, I suggested that the city council refuse collection team could work with all the social landlords involved, to regularly and frequently sweep hot-spot areas for fly tip, note the location things are picked up, and then charge back to the land owner accordingly.

"This approach would reduce the mileage driven by each of the parties and the time that fly tipping remains on the street - a double benefit for the environment. To date, logistics have proved to be a stumbling block, but I’ve not given up on the idea. I would still like to explore it further, for everybody’s benefit and fewer scenarios like this one might be the result.”

We reported in September 2022 how a sofa had been dumped at the same location in Cranham Drive. 

Only a short distance away - in Edgeworth Close - piles of rubbish including broken furniture had also piled up.

Marion Duffy, Chief Operations Officer at Platform Housing Group, said: “We are aware of the flytipping in Cranham Drive and are arranging for it to be removed.  We work closely with local authorities on such matters and take the problem very seriously within our communities.”