Free skips should be provided in fly-tipping hotspots in Milton Keynes, say Tory councillors

MK Council has been urged to fund 'community tips' in the form of free skips to reduce fly-tipping.

Local Conservatives have called on the council to provide the cash as part of of waste amnesty schemes designed to target fly-tipping hotspots.

Soon MK Council will begin pulling together projects ahead of the annual budget in February and the Conservatives want funding for community skips to play a part.

In July, Stantonbury Parish Council launched their first waste amnesty scheme in Bradville, with the parish council providing skips for residents to dispose of their bulky waste.

This received a positive response from residents and now ward councillors Alex Walker and Chantelle de Villiers put forward £800 of their ward budgets to Stantonbury Parish Council for them to deliver a second scheme following the success of the first.

Cllr Walker, who is leader of the MK Conservative group, said: “I’m pleased that we can make a difference locally in our fight against fly-tipping in Milton Keynes.

"The first project was a huge success and I’m proud that alongside Cllr Chantelle de Villiers, we can provide our own funding to deliver a second scheme. "

He added: "However, it is vital that these schemes can be replicated across MK which is why we are calling on MK Council to allocate funding for them so we can target fly-tipping hot spots across MK and drag fly-tipping rates down.”