FLY-TIPPERS have piled waste up beneath a "no fly-tipping sign" in a Normanton street – and it has been going on for years.
Pictures and a video of the most recent dumping of waste in Fairfax Road have been taken by the Normanton Empowerment Team (NET), which is campaigning to cut fly-tipping in the area.
They show a pile of cardboard, food waste, black bags, a wooden gate and furniture.
Above the rubbish is a sign saying: "No fly-tipping. Offenders will be prosecuted."
The images of fly-tipping in the area are among dozens sent by the public to the Derby Telegraph in recent days.
These included trash in the undergrowth outside Derby Family Medical Centre, in Hastings Street, and an electrical appliance and holdall dumped in Crewe Street.
The no fly-tipping sign is on a block of flats which is boarded up on the ground floor.
People living nearby said they believed it was unoccupied but, when the Derby Telegraph visited, there was a light on.
Mary Martin, 48, of Fairfax Road, said the sign had been up for at least seven years.
She said: "We get all sorts of stuff there. Mattresses, bin bags, the lot.
"Sometimes the council clean it up quickly and sometimes they don't."
On this occasion, Dawn Gee, from NET, said she had e-mailed the city council's Streetpride service about it on Wednesday night.
When the Derby Telegraph visited the street at 5.30pm today, it was still there.
The authority said that people who spot fly-tipped waste should report the case, either by calling Derby 642020 or filling in a form on its website.
Councillor Asaf Afzal, the council's cabinet member for neighbourhoods and Streetpride, said: "We are aware of the issues of fly-tipping in and around Normanton and are working with the community, ward members and officers to improve the situation.
"Current law makes it difficult for prosecutions to be made, requiring proof where it's not always possible.
"This should be strengthened to allow councils to take swift and decisive action but, until then, we will continue to work with the community to improve the situation with the resources we have available."
