RESIDENTS are still reporting ongoing issues with flytipping in parts of Boscombe, as the council reviews the use of communal bins.

Residents living in areas such as Churchill Gardens and Roumelia Lane say they are still experiencing problems with rubbish being dumped.

In a recent Boscombe Forum meeting it was announced Boscombe is one of the areas that has experienced elevated flytipping.

Last year there were 2,800 instances of flytipping in the BCP Council area, which was a 64 per cent increase from the year before.

Peter Haikin from BCP Council head of regulatory services attended the meeting to talk about flytipping in Boscombe and the council's strategy.

In a series of tweets live from the meeting, Boscombe Forum reported that: "80 per cent of flytipping is small fly tips, many are investigated and fixed penalty notices are given. Last year over 359 tickets were given across BCP, 19 in Boscombe West and 23 in Boscombe East.

"A private company has been brought in to investigate flytipping, this is at no cost to the council and is a one year contract, Waste Investigations Support and Enforcement (WISE)."

"A review of W. I. S. E will take place in April which will lead to a wider review, there will also be a review of communal bins.

"BCP Council are looking at other solutions such as free bulky goods removal and more local places to deposit rubbish."

The review will examine some of the changes that were brought in under austerity, the current ways waste disposal is handled and look at alternative ways of dealing with flytipping.

Chairman of Boscombe Forum Harry Secombe said: "Residents are obviously concerned about flytipping because there's a lot of it going on and Boscombe is one of the worst areas, we've got more than the other areas.

"The council maybe need to drop a skip or something in a car park so people can use it and then the council can take it away, or have more points where people can get rid of rubbish.

"Personally I think communal bins are potentially problematic because they attract people from around the area to maybe go and dump their stuff there if their bins are full or they just think they'll just drag a mattress over and leave it there.

"It detracts from people's wellbeing, if you come out of your house and there's piles of rubbish outside on the street and it gets worse, people dump more stuff there."