Rubbish piles up as illegal dumpers target Croydon

FLY-TIPPERS 'KNOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT' HERE

- By HARRISON GALLIVEN Local democracy reporter

FLY-TIPPERS are targeting a plot of council-owned land in Croydon with such frequency that residents say offenders are acting with impunity - despite the council's re-introduction of enforcement officers into the borough.

“They just know they can get away with it,” said one woman, who lives opposite a row of garages in Dunsfold Way, New Addington, where a major fly-tip has left piles of dumped industrial and household waste near number 94.

“I see people coming day and night to that spot. They park up, dump their stuff, and speed off.”

Another resident, passing the site, said: “Look at it, the gates are wide open and the garages are full of who knows what. There are a lot of kids around here - someone could get hurt playing around it.”

During a visit to the site, we saw evidence of dumped household and commercial waste throughout. The gates were wide open, and a number of garages appeared to have been broken into and filled with rubbish.