\n Werneth has been plagued by a littering scourge, according to locals who point the finger at fake waste clearing businesses.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents say they are \u2018sick and tired\u2019 of old furniture and household rubbish being left at the junction of Napier Street West and Coppice Street.\n<\/p>\n
\n Werneth fly-tipping. Credit: Charlotte Hall\n<\/p>\n
\n They are calling for CCTV and tougher enforcement action by the local authority.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The community shared their feelings after a local councillor posted an image of furniture piled up next to a council bin.\n<\/p>\n
\n Zaffer Ullah commented: \u201cAbsolutely disgusting. The culprits should be found, fined, and named shamed with their photo.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Another resident added they wanted to see the fly-tippers \u2018caught red-handed and hit by hefty fines\u2019.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Werneth fly-tipping. Credit: Charlotte Hall\n<\/p>\n
\n Nurul Haque said: \u201cIt\u2019s not residents. There is an industry where people are claiming to be disposing of this stuff but just dumping you on the size of the road. Sometimes the residents are genuinely paying for this to be taken away.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The pile has since grown, with a fridge, cabinets, and a pair of red jewelled kid\u2019s slippers added to the mix.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Local councillor Shoab Akhtar slammed the state of the road as \u2018absolutely disgusting\u2019.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Werneth fly-tipping. Credit: Charlotte Hall\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cThe area is being targeted because we\u2019ve had it cleared three times over the last month and people think it\u2019s acceptable to dump rubbish there and the council will pick it up.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe need to invest in mobile cameras as well as encouraging residents to use their private CCTV coverage to cover alleyways and open spaces. We also need to increase enforcement and fine individuals.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Oldham Council confirmed they would be exploring how to strengthen enforcement action in the area.\n<\/p>\n
\n Werneth fly-tipping. Credit: Charlotte Hall\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Elaine Taylor, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: \u201cWe are extremely disappointed that, following the recent removal of illegally dumped waste, further incidents of fly-tipping have occurred.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLet us be clear, placing household or commercial waste next to a public bin is illegal and will not be tolerated.Residents are reminded that they are responsible for disposing of their waste correctly.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cContinued misuse of this area is a burden on our public services and the wider community and we urge all residents to act responsibly and report any incidents of fly-tipping.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Fly-tipping is illegal and carries an on-the-spot fine of up to \u00a3400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Werneth has been plagued by a littering scourge, according to locals who point the finger at fake waste…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-421904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}