CANVEY has been hit hard again by flytippers.

This time two large piles of building waste material have been dumped outside a skip hire company in Vikings Way, in Charfleets Industrial Estate.

The dumping comes hot-on-the-heels of a huge pile of household rubbish being left in Northwick Road, with the mound of rubbish blocking one lane until the council cleared it.

There are also reports of another big pile of waste being dumped by the Canvey McDonald’s, in Northwick Retail Park.

Canvey resident Bob Craske isn’t impressed.

He said: “How much are we taxpayers going to spend clearing up after these idiots?

“This, I imagine, is a by product of the council’s new ruling regarding no vans or lorries being able to use council tips because it’s an unfair burden on the tax payers.

“What bright spark didn’t realise this would only promote more fly-tipping?”

His concerns echo those of islanders who are worried changes to what can be taken to the tip will lead to more flytipping.

The tip, in Canvey Road, will be banned from accepting DIY and construction waste from Monday, October 31.

Soil, hardcore, plasterboard, heavy ceramics, and dismantled fitted bathrooms and kitchens will no longer be accepted.

Vans, tippers, pick-up trucks or towed trailers – which could be classed as trade vehicles – will be turned away.

Instead, people will be forced to travel to Pitsea to dump their items.

Meanwhile, Pitsea tip will continue to take DIY and construction waste, but restrictions will be put on the amount of visits residents can make.

The move was heavily criticised by residents who said the island would become a magnet for fly-tippers.

In the Basildon borough, a crackdown has been announced on fly-tippers, including a £200 on the spot fine for those caught in the act.

Essex County Council has drawn up the proposals in a bid to stop trade waste being illegally left at tips.

It has claimed that there is no evidence that changing the nature of recycling centre services leads to an increase in fly-tipping.

Unless the person responsible for illegally dumping the waste is traced, the cost of clearing up fly-tips falls on the taxpayer.