'What's the matter with these people?' Fly-tippers dump fridges along quiet Walsall lane

Walsall Council's Clean and Green staff cleared up to nine freezers and other rubbish after it was thrown along Bodens Lane near Barr Beacon on Thursday.

Richard Clarke came across the dumped rubbish as he drove along the lane.

He said the fly-tipping problem along there has been ongoing for about two years.

Mr Clarke, 45, said: "Apart from rush hour there is never much traffic along there so it's an ideal spot for fly-tippers.

"You might see small fly-tips, a dozen black bags, but about once a month you find one of these massive tips.

"The lane was completely blocked when someone had dumped building rubble across it eight or nine months ago. It was dumped on the Saturday and the council was there on the Monday."

Mr Clarke, from Stone Cross, West Bromwich, said he uses the road regularly.

He added: "The only thing I can think that would solve the problem are covert cameras. But the council has been very good with removal.

"I have found it's easier to get hold of them on Twitter, but the removal has got to be costing them an absolute fortune."

The authority spends about £120,000 clearing fly-tipping every year and has secured convictions after people were caught on £4,000 cameras.

The Express & Star previously reported 1,000 complaints were sent to the council over litter and rubbish being dumped in Walsall every year.

Pheasey Park Farm councillor Christopher Towe, whose ward covers Bodens Lane, said: "What's the matter with these people? They have got no respect for other residents. Why don't they take it to the tip and dump it there?"

No one at Walsall Council was available to comment.

To report fly-tipping you can email Walsall Council's Clean and Green service at cleanandgreen@walsall.gov.uk or you can call 01922 653344.