Council staff ‘put at risk trying to clean up dumping’

ILLEGAL dumping by householders along a dangerous stretch of roadway is putting the lives of council staff trying to clean up the mess at risk, councillors warned yesterday.

Indiscriminate dumping has spiralled in Waterford and with major hikes in refuse charges on the way in the city and county, it is feared that the problem is about to get much worse.

The Cliff Road in Tramore has become the latest dumping blackspot, with bags of refuse being dumped onto the rocks below the road.