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Walkers who regularly exercise their dogs at Scammonden Water near the Pennine stretch of the M62 at Outlane reported piles of trash, discarded food, condom packets and even razor blades in the area. Her comments come as a UK businessman launches a new free app to allow people to combat fly-tipping by instantly reporting the location to their local authority.

A businessman who got bored of waiting for the government to reduce fly-tipping has created a new app to combat the problem. Councils across the country can use the app or website to identify rubbish within their area including details and photographs of the illegal dumping

Councils across the country can use the app or website to identify rubbish within their area including details and photographs of the illegal dumping. Over time, the mapping technology should be able to discover patterns in fly-tipping in order to catch criminals.