{"id":151614,"date":"2025-06-02T08:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/151614\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T08:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:16:11","slug":"concern-over-aston-fly-tipping-hotspot-as-more-rubbish-dumped-in-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/151614\/","title":{"rendered":"Concern over Aston fly-tipping hotspot as more rubbish dumped in street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City Council said the illegal dumping in Aston is a &#8216;concern&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_flytipping.jpg\" alt=\"Fly-tipping in Frederick Street, Aston\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Fly-tipping in Frederick Street, Aston<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Council chiefs are concerned over a fly-tipping hotspot in Birmingham after more rubbish was dumped in the street last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A mountain of rubbish &#8211; made up of bin bags, mattresses and household items &#8211; was spotted in Aston&#8217;s Frederick Street on Friday, May 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-council\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City Council <\/a>said the illegal dumping in the street was a &#8220;concern&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-council-contract-trader-breaking-31752505\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Trader overcharged for &#8216;shoddy&#8217; work after Birmingham council worker girlfriend &#8216;gave him contracts&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Cllr Majid Mahmood said the authority &#8211; currently in a long-running dispute over pay with striking bin workers &#8211; will be working with waste enforcement officers to identify the root cause of the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The cabinet member for environment and transport added: \u201cWe know that fly-tipping at Frederick Street Aston is a concern.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748852171_980_0_flytipping.jpg\" alt=\"Fly-tipping in Frederick Street, Aston\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Fly-tipping in Frederick Street, Aston<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We are working with the local councillors and waste enforcement officers to identify the root cause of the problems and to tackle the issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Fly-tipping harms where we all have to live and work and is carried out by environmental criminals that have no regard for our neighbourhoods or their well-being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;When fly-tipping occurs, we act as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/JcXF3MxQGZs3GoiEA8W2fn\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Our crews clear hundreds of fly-tipping reports each week. This is in addition to the work our neighbourhood crews undertake to clean up across the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Everyone needs to play their part in maintaining a clean environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We have plenty of lawful options for people to responsibly dispose of waste or unwanted items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We are committed to prosecuting fly-tippers whenever possible, and we encourage residents to provide reports and evidence for us to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Council said the illegal dumping in Aston is a &#8216;concern&#8217;Fly-tipping in Frederick Street, Aston Council chiefs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[8595,855,984,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-151614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-aston-and-nechells","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-birmingham-city-council","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114612783320831094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}