Workers from the Hastings District Council were yesterday faced with the task of cleaning up a pile of rubbish containing hundreds of bottles, scrap metal and household waste dumped on the side of Irongate Rd West at the weekend.
Waste minimisation officer Dominic Salmon said the incident highlighted the sheer laziness of a very small number of our community.
"The effort invested in dumping this material on Irongate Rd must have been significant, especially when considering the weight of the dumped materials. Even more frustrating, it looks like the people involved have even gone to the effort to colour sort their glass bottles."
Mr Salmon said the scrap metal could have been taken to a scrap dealer or a refuse transfer station free of charge.
He said the glass bottles could have been recycled through kerbside recycling or the Henderson Rd and Martin Pl recycling depots.