Fly-tippers dump rubbish at path to Telford beauty spot
Fly-tippers dumped what appeared to be the contents of a child's bedroom on one of the main paths leading to The Wrekin.
The rubbish, which included a bed, armchair and pine floorboards, was dumped on the Telford landmark, which is used by walkers heading to and from the hill.
Resident Elaine Adams, of New Works, discovered the rubbish.
"Whoever is responsible has taken the trouble to drive a van or large vehicle a good half mile off the Little Wenlock to New Works road as it is a narrow track," she said. "Then they just dumped what looks like the contents of a little girl's bedroom.
"If they drove this far to dump it in the countryside, why couldn't they drive it to the local recycling centre?"
The rubbish also included a distinctive toddler's trike in blue, green and orange plastic, large children's jigsaw pieces, and a light coloured armchair with the words "H.Pool" and dated Jan 31, 2006 on the underside.
Those caught fly-tipping could face a fine of up to £5,000. It is understood fly-tipping costs Telford & Wrekin Council in the region of £250,000 a year to clean up, with nearly 4,000 reported incidents from April 2013 to March 2014 – an average of 11-a-day.
Shropshire Council had to deal with nearly 1,700 incidents over the same 12-month period – a rate of nearly five a day.
