{"id":503295,"date":"2026-03-30T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503295\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:56:11","slug":"were-drowning-in-litter-and-fly-tipping-have-some-pride-in-your-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503295\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We’re drowning in litter and fly-tipping – have some pride in your area’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mackworth councillor Gaurav Pandey wants to mount a crackdown<\/p>\n

Sophie Fagone Buscimese Trainee Reporter<\/p>\n

06:00, 30 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

\"Lots<\/p>\n

Lots of rubbish has been dumped in the streets around Mackworth.<\/p>\n

A Derby <\/a>councillor <\/a>has pleaded for people to take more pride in their area, which is “drowning” in fly-tipping.<\/p>\n

Mackworth<\/a> and New Zealand councillor Gaurav Pandey said he plans to crack down heavily on litter problems in the area as numerous instances are reported to him daily.<\/p>\n

“A lot of people in the area report fly-tipping, and thankfully we have great volunteers who help take care of it,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But that shouldn’t be their job – everyone should be looking after where they live.”<\/p>\n

He said that part of the problem was overflowing and contaminated bins and the lack of penalty enforcement in those cases.<\/p>\n

“Contamination of black bins is very common, and when the bins aren’t emptied because of what’s in them, instead of taking the items to a skip, people will dump their rubbish on the street,” Gaurav added.<\/p>\n

“I want to start pushing for stronger enforcement. I would like for people to receive two warnings and then a fine for leaving bins contaminated, but someone has to chase it and that’s where it gets difficult.<\/p>\n

“My message to fly-tippers is that if you get caught, you will get fined – up to \u00a3600. People in the area – take pride in where you live.”<\/p>\n

\"Christmas<\/p>\n

Christmas trees, mattresses and bags of rubbish aren’t an uncommon sight in the area.<\/p>\n

Volunteers Lynne and Andy have been picking up litter all across the area, sometimes up to 22 bags per street.<\/p>\n

“It’s almost like fly-tipping has a ripple effect. When someone puts one thing out, everyone gets their rubbish out and puts it next to it,” they said.<\/p>\n

“Even if we have picked a bag of litter and put it out for collection, within days, a mattress, a Christmas tree and whatever else you can think of will be next to it.<\/p>\n

“God knows what this area would look like without Gaurav and all the volunteers. It’s incredibly hard to keep on top of it but we do our best.”<\/p>\n

The volunteers are planning to take part in the Great British Spring Clean on April 11 and hope that many people join them.<\/p>\n

“I think if we all come together and show people they need to respect where we live, we can make a difference,” they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mackworth councillor Gaurav Pandey wants to mount a crackdown Sophie Fagone Buscimese Trainee Reporter 06:00, 30 Mar 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[102310,85840,1397,150659,90,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-503295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-derby-city-centre","9":"tag-derby-city-council","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-mackworth","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503295","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=503295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}