Piles of rubbish appeared last Thursday evening on a road off the B8022 near Slamannan. A passer-by, who did not want to be named, said they were concerned that the rubbish being dumped is causing a road safety issue.

The leader of Falkirk Council’s Labour group said the incident showed the area was becoming “a fly-tipper’s paradise” and warned that similar scenes will become more common after a decision to scrap a council team who investigate illegal dumping.

A spokesperson for Falkirk Council confirmed that a supervisor had been called to the incident out of hours and subsequently followed it up with the street cleansing team.

Councillor Anne Hannah, the leader of the Labour Group, said the incident has reinforced her belief that Falkirk Council should not be getting rid of its environment enforcement officers, who investigate fly tipping complaints. The team will be disbanded in the summer following a vote at a meeting of Falkirk Council’s executive in December.

Mrs Hannah said: “This fly tipping in the Braes is no surprise to us, following the waste services cuts voted through by the SNP administration, with the support of the Conservatives, at the executive meeting in December 2022. The vote introduced charges for special uplifts and charges for brown bin uplifts – guaranteed to encourage fly tipping.