Cafe owner's anger after fridges, mattresses and rubbish bags are dumped behind his business
Mustafa Hakman claims that the pile gets bigger every day
Christie BannonSenior multimedia journalist
Mattresses, fridges and rubbish bags have appeared behind Mr Hakman's cafe (Image: Mustafa Hakman)
A Llanelli cafe owner has voiced his anger after fly-tippers dumped fridges, mattresses and rubbish bags next to his cafe.
Owner of the Willow Cafe on Station Road, Mustafa Hakman, has said that he "can't go on like this" after the litter appeared in the lane behind his cafe.
Mr Hakman claims that when he reported the mess to the county council, he was told that he would have to wait up to 10 days for someone to come out and investigate the situation.
"It's all behind the shop in the back lane," Mr Hakman said.
"There are two fridges, three mattresses, a bed and hundreds of black bags.
"I reported it to the council and was told that it would take 10 days just to come and investigate.
"I couldn't even drive my car down the lane because of it all.
"Some of the black bags have been removed but a lot of them still haven't been taken."
The cafe owner claims that the fly-tipping is getting worse as the pile of litter seems to be growing on a daily basis.
Mr Hakman claims that more is added to the pile of rubbish every day (Image: Mustafa Hakman)
The cafe owner claims that he couldn't drive down the lane because of the amount of rubbish dumped there (Image: Mustafa Hakman)
He added: "It is outrageous and disgusting and I'm fed up with it.
"It's getting more and more added to it every day.
"It's lucky that it's cold at the moment as if it was the summer then the smell would be attracting rats.
"I can't go on like this."
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This comes after residents recently complained about the shocking amount of litter scattered around the New Dock Road area, with one resident calling it "depressing".
Llanelli 's AM Lee Waters announced that he is launching a new campaign, called Llanelli Tri, which aims to encourage members of the public to pick up three pieces of litter on the third day of every month.
Mustafa Hakman, the owner of Willow Cafe (Image: Adrian White)
Commenting on the fly-tipping behind the Willow Cafe, Mr Waters said: "Some of Llanelli's back lanes are hot spots for fly-tipping.
"There's no excuse for it and the council should come down on it like a tonne of bricks, and the Welsh Government have given them new powers to issue on-the-spot fines.
"But 10 days is far too long for someone to wait for this to be dealt with because dumping like this will often act as a magnet for other fly-tipping.
"I'll be chasing the council to try and deal with this sooner."
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In response to Mr Hakman's complaints, the council's executive board member for environment, councillor Hazel Evans said: "We respond to calls for fly-tipping and littering as soon as we can, however, Carmarthenshire is a large area to cover and on some occasions a response can take up to a few days.
"However, priority is always given to incidents that have potential for harm or injury and these are often actioned on the same day wherever possible.
"The investigation and clearance of this incident has been scheduled to take place tomorrow."