Appeal for help tracking fly-tippers

Help from residents across Cannock Chase is being called upon in the hunt to find workers who dumped tonnes of building rubbish in a road.

Council bosses want people to see if the waste left in New Hayes Road, near Prospect Village, could have come from their homes in a bid to track down those responsible. Environmental officers at the council are hoping somebody will know the origins of the rubbish which include half a tonne of builders' sand, concrete blocks, glass fibre insulation and empty cement bags.

It was dumped at the spot on September 13 and the council is hoping residents can tell them who did the job and have stressed any information will be in the strictest confidence.

Karen Sulway, environment protection manager said: "There was a distinctive yellow Hippo bag with Butterfields on it and the sand/aggregate mix was a yellow, rather than orange/red colour.

She added: "There were two different colour damp proof membranes which were grey and greeny/blue and a broken metal retractable tape measure that was in a yellow housing with a black rubber outer casing.

"The contractor used washing up liquid in the cement mix and there are three different types of cement bag, Castle, CMS and Blue Circle."

She said the council believed the rubbish was transported on an open back lorry that travelled from the Littleworth Road direction, turning left into New Hayes Road, as there was a piece of broken tape measure on the side of the road at that junction.

The dumping is believed to have happened between 12.45pm and 4.30pm on September 13.

Cannock Chase Council has stepped up its efforts to reduce flytipping in the area and is offering residents £100 for information leading to a flytipping conviction.