'This needs to stop': Dudley road blighted by fly-tipping as rubbish dumped 'three times' at night 'damaging cars'

Piles of rubbish have been dumped on New Street, Kingswinford “damaging cars” parked on the road, according to a resident who lives on the street.

The resident told the Express & Star that a “tipper van” has dumped rubbish on the streets “three times in two months”.

The most recent incidents happened on Monday (23 March) and Tuesday (24 March).

The resident said all of the incidents occurred in the evening between 8:30pm and 9pm.

The resident added: “The first time it was mainly household goods, the second time it was all car parts and tools, and the third time was mattresses and fridges.

“This needs to stop and nobody seems to be helping”.

Dudley Council were notified, according to the resident, and they were “very good at getting it removed”.

However, the resident said there is still worry as “two cars have been damaged on the street due to being scratched from the rubbish that was tipped”.

Pictures sent to the Express & Star show piles of rubbish on the street in Dudley on Monday evening.

The rubbish appears to be strewn all across the road near parked cars.

Jim Deakin, director for neighbourhoods at Dudley Council, said: "Following reports of obstructions on the highway, we can confirm our operatives visited New Street in Kingswinford and cleared items from the road."

According to Keep Britain Tidy, in England, local authorities dealt with 1.15 million fly-tipping incidents between April 2023 and March 2024.

Fly-tipping is a serious criminal offence for which you can be prosecuted.

The courts have various powers available to them to tackle fly-tipping, including imprisonment, unlimited fines and an order to deprive rights to a vehicle used to commit the offence.