By Saul Cooke-Black

ANGER is mounting after fly-tippers struck in Stagholt Lane, Stonehouse, for a second time this month.

Community activist David Joyce says he comes across a pile of rubbish dumped near the railway bridge every couple of weeks and is urging the perpetrators to take responsibility.

He said: "This is the second time it has happened this month.

"People need to take some social responsibility and think about our environment.

"The council have to come along to get rid of it and spend tax payer's money.

"Instead of just dumping them, these things could be worth something to someone."

Councils across the country fork out around £50 million a year dealing with the illegal practice.

In 2013/14 there were 850,000 incidents of flytipping - a 20 per cent increase on the previous year.

A spokesman for Stroud District Council said: "We take all instances of fly-tipping very seriously.

"Once we’re informed of it we check the waste, as soon as we can, for evidence which may help us track down the culprits.

"We arrange for the fly-tipping to be removed from public land in a safe and timely manner by our contractors and prosecute where possible.

"We also work with landowners to advise and support them on how to try and prevent fly-tipping and rely on members of the public to report such incidents to assist us with tracking down culprits.

"Council officers regularly patrol the district and have put up signs in known fly tipping 'hot spots'."