Newark: Fifty huge boxes of rattan furniture dumped in a lay-by between Cromwell and Carlton-on-Trent

Fifty huge cardboard boxes of broken rattan garden furniture were found neatly stacked but dumped in a lay-by this morning (Tuesday) in what has been described as disgusting attack on the countryside.

The boxes, which measure a metre squared, were spotted by a man on his way to work this morning in a lay-by at an out-of-the-way spot between Cromwell and Carlton-on-Trent.

The man, who did not want to be identified, said he was so disgusted that he pulled over and took pictures in the hope that publicity and reporting the fly-tip to the council would lead to the snaring of the culprits.

"They weren't there Monday evening so must have been dumped overnight." he said.

"The boxes are huge. The pictures don't really even do it justice.

They are all full of broken rattan furniture - tables, chairs.

"There must be 50 of them; too many to fit in a Transit van so it would have needed something even bigger to transport them.

"They are also neatly stacked so this wasn't a five-minute operation. They had to have been manually offloaded.

"It was a disgusting thing to come across and another attack on the countryside.

"The people who do this should be ashamed. It happens often and shouldn't happen at all.

"I hope in publicising and reporting it to the authorities that somebody might come forward having seen those responsible or want to shame them if they know who they are."

Roger Jackson, chairman of leisure and environment at Newark and Sherwood District Council, said: “There were in excess of 50 cardboard boxes which appear to have originally contained rattan garden furniture.

"Taxpayers’ money should not have to be spent on clearing up after lazy and corner-cutting individuals and businesses that fail to dispose of their waste in the correct way.

"A large-scale amount of boxes like this – all of which could’ve been and will be recycled – would point towards either a rogue removal service taking rubbish away on behalf of another business, or the business themselves.

“Either way, we are absolutely committed to making the district cleaner, safer and greener and take fly-tipping extremely seriously.

"Rest assured, like every fly-tip, we will undertake a thorough investigation of this rubbish - and will always take action when enough evidence can be recovered - after which, the mountain of boxes will be taken to be recycled.”