Calls for CCTV at fly-tipping hotspots

Resident Gerry Moynihan posted photos on X of rubbish in Byfield Passage off Cherrywood Road

Birmingham residents have called for CCTV in locations they have described as fly-tipping hotspots.

Gerry Moynihan from Bordesley Green posted photos of rubbish in Byfield Passage on social media, and said while Birmingham City Council had cleared items there previously, it had not taken action "to prevent it".

Earlier this week F. H. Warden (Steel) Ltd said it could not be run effectively, because of rubbish outside, which was later taken away.

The council said it had "redeployable cameras" that operated across the city, but this was a finite resource.

Mr Moynihan, who posted the images on X, said on occasions the authority had cleared the Byfield Passage walkway, but it had been fly-tipped again afterwards.

He stated: "What I can’t understand [is] the council are aware it's a fly-tipping hotspot, but they haven’t taken any action to prevent it, such as putting CCTV cameras up.

"Prevention is better than cure and more cost effective than having to deal with it."

Mr Moynihan added: "I ask myself: 'Why are the city council encouraging us to report it, when they don’t take immediate action to remove fly-tipping and put in place systems to deter and detect fly-tipping?'"

Patricia Hughes, owner of the steel firm on Adderley Road South, said on X on Wednesday: "It took at least five men, several lorries and a digger four hours to remove it all.

"How much do you think a CCTV camera would cost? Not as much as that lot I should imagine."

Rubbish was in Adderley Road South before it was cleared this week

The council's cabinet member for environment, Majid Mahmood, said it had "redeployable cameras that operate across the city - but this is of course a finite resource and simply cannot be placed in every area of concern at any given time".

He added: "Our waste enforcement unit reviews locations regularly, but ultimately the responsibility lies at the door of those responsible for the dumped waste."