A man has been left “disgusted” after a hoard of rubbish was dumped in a back street near his home.

Noman Arshad says that he first noticed fly-tipping on an alleyway off Brandwood Street in Daubhill around a month ago, and it has meant that children have been unable to play in the area.

He said that although it has become a place where people have started to fly-tip it is usually a “nice area”.

A mattress is among the waste that has been dumped.

Noman said: “I noticed it almost a month ago.

“The kids can’t play outside when it’s nice weather.

“People have just been emptying their rubbish in the back street.

“It’s the first time it has happened.

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“It feels like no one cares and when someone sees someone throw rubbish, they do the same, thinking it’s a place for rubbish.”

Noman says that some of the rubbish has including building material or bags of rubbish.

He says that this has also upset the neighbours who want this to be sorted as soon as possible.

Noman added: “It’s usually a nice area, but it’s making the area worse.

“I wasn’t sure what to do and who to report it to.”

Cllr Abdul Acha says it is part of an ongoing issue that has been reported on numerous occasions.

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He says that it comes down to a series of issues, and that this is being looked at with an aim to resolve it as soon as possible.

Cllr Acha added that the current cleaning cycle on the back streets is currently five weeks, and it previously used to be three weeks, which he hopes it can get back to, or earlier.

He said: “It is an ongoing issue where there is a problem with the resources where there are breakdowns with vehicles, and operational issues.

“It’s not acceptable.

“We need resources to tackle this problem, but things will not change straight away.

“The new administration will make the street cleaning cycle more frequent, and it will be more demand led, based how much of an issue it is for some areas.”

Cllr Acha also said that this is an issue across the borough, but for the Rumworth ward one of the approaches that is being looked at is changing behaviours through working with scholars and leaders in the Muslim community.

He said: “Changing behaviours is very important and working with leaders and scholars helps encourage people of faith to change their behaviour.

“We have a lot of Muslim people living in Rumworth and this could help raise awareness.”

Cllr Acha says that residents can also help deter those from fly-tipping if people submit any evidence, including statements, pictures, or videos, where there is then potential for enforcement action.

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