Fly-tipping plaguing one city street for five years has got so bad it has turned a house black.
The huge putrid mound of rubbish including rotting meat and leftover food is added to several times a day and has piled up yards from a doctor's surgery since 2015.
Locals are forced to move into traffic to dodge the stinking heap and access their GP and pharmacy in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
And mould from the mass of stuffed bin bags, food waste and scrap has spread up the wall of the home its stacked against, turning it black.
Rats and other pests feast on the festering waste and it gives off a horrific stench.
A resident, who did not wish to be named, told BirminghamLive he'd complained to Birmingham City Council but the problem persists.
He said: “You’ve got rotten meat and food being disposed on the pavement outside the doctor’s surgery and houses.
“People dump it all day long. It’s food waste and which leads to rodents and other pests and a horrible smell when you walk past.
“There’s bin bags and cardboard boxes. It’s not locals who are dumping it but they are the ones who are affected.
“The pavements are blocked with rubbish and the wheelchair users have to go into the road and they cannot mount the pavement again because there is no dropped kerb.
“It’s been ongoing for the last five years. The resident’s wall has turned black and mouldy due to the rubbish.
“Hundreds of emails have been sent to Environmental Health and nothing has been done.
“I would like some sort of consideration from these people who are doing this.
“Have respect for the community, the area and planet Earth.
“People come from Manchester, Leicester etc to the Balti Triangle, what kind of image does this give them of the local area?”
A council spokesperson said: “Fly-tipping is a criminal and, often, organised offence. It is a crime that damages the environment that we all have to live and work in. Responsibility sits with those who dumped this waste with no regard for the local community.
“Where we have credible evidence, we will investigate and prosecute, as is demonstrated by a range of cases that have received widespread publicity in the Birmingham Mail and on Birmingham Live in the past.
“We receive hundreds of reports of fly-tipping across the city every week and do everything we can to remove as much waste as possible and investigate the circumstances behind rubbish that is dumped.
“Anyone with information on any cases of fly-tipping should contact the council at www.birmingham.gov.uk/flytipping. ”
