Residents are reporting an increase in fly-tipping across Slough with locals spotting litter strewn across parks, roads and walkways.

One local, Mohammed Khan, 48, is a taxi driver and said: "Flytipping is becoming a really bad issue. It's getting worse.

"That is no excuse to chuck your rubbish anywhere you want."

He reported that in the Manor Park area, the fly-tipping has been particularly bad in the last three weeks.

"It's really dirty," Mohammed said when discussing the alleyway which runs from Church Road to Baylis Park behind the houses and Baylis Court School - known as Frank Sutton Way.

"There are used nappies there - it's disgusting. Mattresses. It's getting worse, people are leaving their household waste."

Mohammed believes there has been an increase in fly-tipping since the change to bi-weekly bin collections in June.

"Since they made this rule about the bins being collected every two weeks - I'm a taxi driver and I go around a lot of places - and pretty much every road you go to is the same situation.

"There is rubbish piled up outside the bins - rubbish bags on top of them. I see it everywhere in Slough now.

"Slough Borough Council are very slow - that rubbish has been there for three weeks now," Mohammed added.

At the time of speaking, Mohammed had not reported the issue to the council.

Mohammed worries that as the return to school nears, children are at risk of hazards left behind in the alleyway, with worries of needles being amongst the waste.

"It's a health and safety issue - it's a very busy alleyway. 

"It's disgusting when you have your kids with you and you are taking them to the park and they have to see that every day.

Expressing his disgust on the community forum site Nextdoor, Mohammed slammed fly tippers for being "lazy" and not taking their rubbish to the tip.

"I don't really know what to say or who to blame - the council or people."

Slough Borough Council said: “If people see flytipping taking place, please take photos, and report it online to us on the council website. 

“Our officers often must trawl through waste themselves then photos will be taken of any names and addresses on the waste to try and identify the offenders.

"Once we have names and addresses the culprits would be called in for an interview to give their explanation as to why their waste has been found in that manner before we decide a course of action."

Flytippers risk a fixed penalty notice or prosecution.

The spokesperson added: “The removal of fly-tipped waste is dependent on the land. If it is private land, then the landowner is responsible for its clearance.

"The council will only clear waste on public land such as highways, parks, footpaths, or council-owned housing land.”