A recycling bank in Newport which has become a hot spot for illegal dumping is set to be permanently removed next month.
Newport City Council said it will remove the recycling banks on Tregwilym Road, Rogerstone which it said has become a "fly-tipping hot spot and a source of problems for local residents" in recent months.
The council said it has issued 36 fly-tipping and ten littering fixed penalty notices in the Tregwilym area this year, a number of which have been issued to people living outside of Newport.
"Despite CCTV monitoring being in place, and our efforts to empty the banks several times a week, the issue has not improved and removal of the banks has been provisionally scheduled for the week commencing Monday November 23," a statement from Newport council said.
Sian Lewis-Evans, a resident in Rogerstone, said she didn't understand why the banks were being removed.
"I'm really surprised they're just taking them away. They're always overflowing to the point where there are rats there when you go there. But surely the fact they're full shows there is a need for it?
"It just needs to be better managed and emptied more frequently, but not removed.
"They are quite rightly fining people, because many of them are just chucking their stuff by it and leaving.
"But with the tip being appointment only and everyone being at home more at the moment, people have more recycling.
"If they take away the banks, people will just dump where there are no cameras, in places where people walk or where children play."
Newport council added that smaller recycling banks were being used less due to an "improvement in services and collections at kerbside.
"Newport residents also benefit from weekly recycling collection at the kerbside, and can also order additional recycling containers online free of charge," they added.
"Bigger items or waste not collected at the kerbside can be taken to our household waste recycling centre free of charge, while bulky item collections can also be arranged for a small fee."
