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Sam Yarwood

This huge pile of rubbish was dumped at a train station weeks ago... and it's still there now

This is the eyesore greeting commuters at Hyde North train station.

The mountain of junk was dumped there last month.

Several weeks later, it is still there - and what's more, people are reportedly chucking more rubbish on top of it.

Building debris, cardboard boxes, bins bags. It's not a pretty sight.

According to Northern which owns the land, the waste should be gone over the next few days.

Security measures have also been stepped up, a spokesman said, to prevent further fly-tipping.

The eyesore has been there for weeks (Coun John Taylor)

The station is just one of many hot spots in the area.

Dukinfield councillor John Taylor - whose ward borders Hyde North station - described the issue of fly-tipping as 'a problem on an industrial scale'.

A photo of the mess taken on June 24 (Chris Meredith)

He received a number of complaints about the rubbish dumped at the station, and says that investigations are underway to identify the person responsible.

"It looks like builders' rubble," said coun Taylor, who has sat on the council for 35 years.

"Unfortunately it happens all the time - fly-tipping is a problem on an industrial scale.

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"Just last week the council spent £6,000 removing an articulated lorry trailer full of rubbish from Tameside Park industrial estate.

"That is what people do now, they drive them up to secluded areas and leave them, there's no registration details.

Tameside council spent £6,000 removing this trailer full of rubbish after it was dumped on an industrial estate (Coun John Taylor)

"A lot of the time it is people who are being paid to move stuff - they take the money then make more by not paying the fee at the tip.

"Sometimes people do get careless - our enforcement teams find personal letters and utility bills. They can then track the owner of the rubbish - or the person who was hired to get rid of it.

"But we have got to come up with strategies to deal with it and prevent it - we need proper CCTV in locations.

"It is very concerning what they are doing.

"These people just don't seem to care, they want someone else to pick up their rubbish."

Some of the rubbish fly tipped on the streets surrounding Hyde town centre (Justine Miles)

Last week, the Manchester Evening News  reported how the streets around Hyde town centre were being used as a dumping ground by fly-tippers.

Old mattresses and broken fridges left on street corners or outside peoples' homes.

As soon as something is removed, another piece of rubbish is abandoned in its place and residents are fed up.

Tameside council  spokesman said on the issue: "Flytipping is totally unacceptable and it incurs costs that are wholly unnecessary.

"We do our best to combat the problem in the face of a tiny group of irresponsible people, but to prosecute we need evidence.

"If anyone has any information we would ask them to contact us so that we can take action.

"Fly-tipping can be reported through the council website. We will always prosecute when we are able to do so."

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