By Alesha Capone
Tarneit: A Butterfly Boulevard resident has described the rubbish dumped on his street as “appalling”.
The man (who asked not to be named) contacted Star Weekly earlier this month, concerned about the illegal dumping of waste.
The man said the problem appeared to be “getting out of hand” in his street and some other areas of Tarneit.
He said rubbish had been dumped in Butterfly Boulevard for about 18 months, but had become worse after the recent opening of an extension of the street.
When Star Weekly visited Butterfly Boulevard last week, there were piles of rubbish including mattresses, furniture, clothing, tyres, tree branches, bottles, discarded toys and clothing strewn across the nature strip.
“We have noticed people have been going through it [the rubbish] after it is dumped, which makes it worse,” the man said.
“Generally, the rubbish has been on the vacant blocks, but with people going through it, it’s spread out. And with temporary fencing going up, they dump it on the nature strip.
“[It’s] an eyesore and is costing Wyndham ratepayers a significant amount to clean up,” he said.
The resident reported the dumped rubbish to Wyndham council.
Wyndham city operations acting director Richard Maugueret said the council had cleaned up the boulevard within four days of receiving seven complaints about the issue.
Mr Maugueret said the council worked hard to reduce illegal rubbish dumping in the municipality and regularly ran campaigns to educate residents about the issue.
