Newport<\/a> Council installed CCTV at the site which resulted in multiple prosecutions and fines. Following a community clean up, the area has been transformed into a nature reserve.\n<\/p>\n\n A spokesman for Newport Council confirmed the Marshfield situation had been dealt with, saying: \u201cThe rubbish was moved this morning.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The council response comes as concerns continue over the wider issue of fly-tipping across the city.\n<\/p>\n
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Disgusting scenes in Marshfield after fly-tipping filled the road with rubbish. (Image: Sean Thomas Rafferty)\n<\/p>\n
\n According to Welsh Government figures, Newport recorded 7,318 fly-tipping incidents in 2024\u201325, although this represented a 10 per cent reduction compared with the previous year.\n<\/p>\n
\n The city also recorded the highest number of enforcement actions in Wales, with 2,386 carried out during the same period.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite this, residents say more needs to be done to prevent repeated incidents and ensure those responsible are held accountable.\n<\/p>\n
\n Steve Kearney, commenting on social media, said: \u201cThis is nothing new.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s been going on for years.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The issue has also been highlighted by environmental campaign groups. Keep Wales Tidy reported that 519 bags of rubbish were removed from 141 locations across Newport during a recent clean-up effort, with the waste collected weighing a total of 2,595 kilograms.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents are now calling for continued action to tackle fly-tipping and prevent public areas from being affected by illegal waste dumping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heol Las, also known as Green Lane, in Marshfield was left impassable after a large quantity of rubbish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-666983","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\/666983","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=666983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}