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‘We are looking to re-open these facilities as soon as it is safe and government guidance allows. ‘Until that time I ask that people to please be patient and store excess waste or wait until restrictions are lifted. It would help keep collection services running smoothly.' The amount of fly-tipping across the UK has soared since the start of the coronavirus lockdown, according to an app created to combat the illegal dumping of rubbish.

A fly-tipping ground with heaps of sofas, bathtubs and fridges now has so much rubbish it can be seen from space. The site is piled high with household items with hundreds of car tyres, piles of clothes, suitcases and doors scattered across the disused road off the M4 in Newport, south Wales. The dumping ground is so littered pictures of the piles of waste are visible from satellite on Google Earth.

Hundreds of car tyres, piles of clothes, suitcases and doors are scattered across the disused road off the M4. The site is now so full of rubbish the piles of waste are visible from satellite on Google Earth. Resident Chris Taylor filmed the scale of the rubbish while out on his daily exercise with his family.He said: "It's been like this for some time. The frustrating thing about it is the scenery around it is amazing. The cycle path is lovely but then you turn in to this.

A Hampshire council spokeswoman said ‘Fly-tipping is a criminal activity and the county council continues to work closely with partners on a robust strategy to tackle this in Hampshire. ‘Regrettably, there are incidents of fly-tipping happening, but the data on fly-tipped waste tonnages for the initial three-week period following the government’s announcement on March 23, regarding non-essential travel, shows that fly tipping is no greater than the same period last year.

The amount of fly-tipping across the UK has soared since the start of the coronavirus lockdown, according to an app created to combat the illegal dumping of rubbish. Martin Montague told SkyNews that his ClearWaste app is being bombarded daily with hundreds of photographs from across the UK, with the first week of the lockdown seeing a rise of 54 per cent nationwide.

Rubble, wrecked furniture and hundreds of tyres were among items dumped by fly-tippers near Newport. Fly-tipping in Coedkernew has been a problem for some time but it has become worse in recent weeks, it is claimed. App ClearWaste said it had received an 88% increase in tipping reports in Wales since the coronavirus lockdown.

INICIDENTS of fly-tipping have increased sharply since the coronavirus lockdown began, according to a rubbish-tracking app. The ClearWaste app – which lets users report instances of fly-tipping (the illegal dumping of rubbish) – has recorded sharp rises in reports compared to pre-lockdown figures, according to the app’s owner Martin Montague.

Fly tipping has rocketed during the coronavirus lockdown with cases doubling in the capital. Locked down yobs are dumping their rubbish - including tyres and mattresses - because tips and recycling centres are shut. Others are fly-tipping due to restricted bin collections due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farmers have complained of increased dumping of rubbish on their land due to Fly-tipping increasing by 80 per cent in wake of dump closures and an increase in DIY projects during the coronavirus lockdown.

The images come as fly-tipping has surged by up to 300 per cent in some areas after local authorities opted to close recycling sites amid the global health crisis. Photographs taken in a Sainsbury's car park in Richmond, south west London today show cardboard boxes stacked next to three overflowing 'mixed paper and card' banks

Fly tipping DOUBLES in parts of London during coronavirus lockdown as covidiots dump boxes, tyres and mattresses while tips are closed and bin collections have been slashed. A new website has been collating data from the illegally dumped material

A HAMPSHIRE company has cleaned up its waste after it was named and shamed by an app for reporting fly-tipping. Martin Montague, a businessman from the Meon Valley, decided to get his hands dirty investigating the mess after a driver used his app ClearWaste, which allows people to report fly-tipping, on Saturday.