A fed-up Glasgow councillor believes fly-tipping across his ward - and the city - “is getting worse”.

Councillor Paul Carey, who represents Drumchapel/Anniesland, has hit out after several items including planks of wood, a door, carpets, and polystyrene were dumped at the side of Drummore Road in Drumchapel recently.

The Labour politician explained that he has received ‘lots’ of complaints over fly-tipping in the area and that it has been “getting worse” over the last year.

Councillor Carey said: “Drummore Road is quite bad for fly-tipping because it’s isolated. This is not the first time.

“It’s not just about people coming along and dumping stuff. The big issue we’ve got, not just in Drumchapel but throughout the city, is people putting large amounts of waste like black bags and hedge cuttings in public bins on the street.

(Image: Newsquest) “I’ve had a lot of complaints about that. In the last year, it’s been getting worse. I don’t think it can be stopped, to be honest.

“Since the policy was introduced that you have to pay £50 for a brown bin permit people are just bagging waste and sticking it in public bins.

“People who struggling cannot afford to pay this. £50 could be a week's shopping or two weeks' shopping to people.”

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Glasgow City Council confirmed it was aware of the items on Drummore Road.

(Image: Newsquest) It is understood that these will be dealt with.

The local authority is now issuing a warning over fly tipping and is urging anyone with any information about this “environmental crime” to come forward.

A Glasgow City Council spokesperson said: “Anyone driving to an out-of-sight location to dump waste knows they are in the wrong.

(Image: Newsquest) “The waste that was fly-tipped is clearly linked to home improvement works. People have a responsibility to ensure the contractors they use will dispose of any waste in the proper manner.

“Anyone who has any information on those responsible for this environmental crime should contact our environmental health team and enforcement action will be pursued.

“The illegally dumped waste will be dealt with appropriately.”

It comes after we previously reported that nearly 500 fines have been handed out to people dumping waste wrongly and fly-tipping in Glasgow over the last year.

(Image: Newsquest) In June it was revealed that four civil cases, making those responsible potentially pay larger sums of money, were in progress in the city.

The local authority also responded to councillor Carey's comments, saying: "There’s no excuse for fly-tipping.

“Garden waste can be disposed of free-of-charge at our household waste recycling centres or can be easily composted on site.

“Uplifting garden waste is an optional service for local authorities but charging to remove garden waste is standard across Scottish councils and supports the delivery of other waste management services.

“The amount of garden waste we have collected since the introduction of the permit system is consistent with previous years.”