Anger over rise in fly tipping

As Welshpool launches its Keep Tidy week, councillors Heather Chave and Nicola Morris spent a day picking up litter and said they were shocked by the extent of the problem.

The pair picked up four bags full of rubbish including plastic wrapping from lorries, bottles and plastic cups. Official litter picks are planned as part of the town council’s Keep Welshpool Tidy Week over the coming days.

They will take place within the town boundary but some people will be organising their own litter pick on the main roads.

On Wednesday, Kathryn Taylor from Welshpool posted online of a line of bins with backs piled up next to them in Pentrefelin Terrace, next to Boys and Boden in the town.

The bags had been emptied the following day, but it isn't the first time these incidents have occurred.

Last year residents in the town were issued with a warning that council staff would be looking inside rubbish bags left dumped in the streets in a bid to track down the culprits.

The sacks of fly-tipped waste were on the streets of Welshpool and left dumped next to litter bins.

It came following a spate of fly-tipping incidents in the town.

Councillors were looking to introduce body cameras for council staff to catch the culprits, but also wanted to look into the bags to find out who was dumping the rubbish.

However councillors dismissed the idea.