Illegal rubbish is making a mess at Tower Lane
By Kirra Livingstone
A LOUNGE, clothes and personal items are among some of the rubbish illegally dumped at Tower Lane, Beerwah, more than two years ago, with no sign it will be cleared away any time soon.
Beerwah resident, Luke Vangeninden, lives around the corner from Tower Lane and passes the rubbish on his daily walks.
Besides the main heap of rubbish which hasn’t been removed in many years, there is other rubbish such as food wrappers that is left regularly. Mr Vangeninden said he couldn’t understand why people felt the need to dump rubbish in bushland, and why they couldn’t dump it at the local tip.
“I tell people that I see on my walk, if you have rubbish just take it with you, it really irks me when people just litter, especially in places like this – like it’s absolutely beautiful,” he said.
“People are even spraying graffiti on the rocks and trees there and it’s just like why would you do that?
“It’s funny as soon as you see graffiti on the water towers, give it a week and it has all been painted over, but you dump a trailer worth of rubbish and it’ll stay there for two years.”
A Sunshine Coast Council spokesperson said they had received complaints about illegally dumped rubbish at Tower Lane, but that it could not act as it was on private property.
“In 2024, Council received one complaint of illegal dumping in Tower Lane, Beerwah,” they said.
“Council investigated and took enforcement action.
“Since 2021, Council has received seven complaints relating to this area. As this is private property, the property owner is responsible for the clean-up.”
The spokesperson could not publicly disclose who owned the land that the rubbish was dumped on years ago.
Council has added illegal dumping tape to the rubbish several times since it was dumped.
“Every three to four months, there’s a new bit of tape on it, if they keep just replacing the tape why don’t they just take it with them?” Mr Vangeninden said.
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