A MAN has been fined for dumping rubbish on a roadside verge near Porchfield.

The un-named man admitted discarding the items, including furniture, a shopping trolley, an empty metal gas cannister and other household items, earlier this week after being traced by IW Council officials.

The council's waste team received several reports of fly-tipping in Colemans Lane on Monday morning, as reported by the County Press.

It was described as being in locations on the verge and in gateways between New Road and Corf Road.

Evidence was found relating to an address on the Island, and regulatory services carried out an investigation.

When questioned under caution, the man admitted to fly-tipping the waste and was issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice for the offence.

The council has since arranged for the rubbish to be cleared.

Figures from Defra show that on the Isle of Wight, flytipping has worsened, and of 749 incidents recorded across 2020/21, no fixed penalty notices were issued by the Isle of Wight Council.

Natasha Dix, strategic manager, contracts, waste and environment, said: "Fly-tipping can be classed as anything from one bag of household rubbish to several van loads of construction material. If it is dumped on land that doesn’t have a licence to accept waste, it is fly-tipping and it is illegal.

"Anyone caught fly-tipping could be ordered to pay a £200 fixed penalty notice or the case can be taken to court, where they face an unlimited fine or even imprisonment.

"We know the Island has one of the lowest rates of fly-tipping in the South East but we need the public's help to keep it that way.

"One important way to do this is to make sure, when using a waste company to remove waste from your property, that they are a registered and licensed waste carrier.

"Residents can check whether a company has a waste carriers licence on the Environment Agency website."

Cllr Jonathan Bacon, Cabinet member for environment, heritage and waste, added: "There is absolutely no excuse for fly-tipping and littering.

"Litter and fly-tipping is environmental vandalism. It blights neighbourhoods and the countryside, is a threat to local wildlife and livestock, is a source of pollution and a danger to public health.

"Over the coming months our new litter and fly-tipping task and finish group will be developing a rolling action plan to reduce this menace through community engagement, education, innovation and a review of enforcement.

"We simply won't tolerate fly-tipping and littering on the Island and this group will be looking at how we can reduce instances of both."

If you wish to complain about fly-tipping, please supply any evidence that might help indicate the identity of the culprit.

To report a fly-tip to the council, email waste.contract@iow.gov.uk, call (01983) 823777 or do it online here.