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GARBAGE dumpers have made an extreme sport out of littering in Yokine, with a temple of trash dumped on Hector Street.

The vacant block has long been a magnet for garbage: even outdated satellite images on Google maps shows filth spread wantonly around.

Couches, cans, cardboard boxes, old insulation: nothing’s too crap to be dumped on this verge.

The Voice reader who tipped us off to the junk said it was hard to tell the difference between Hector Street and a third-world slum.

Stirling council picks up hard rubbish just once a year, after pulling it back from twice-yearly pickups in January 2013. There were concerns at the time about the cutback leading to more dumping, with lazy homeowners preferring to leave rubbish on the verge for half the year rather than take it to the tip themselves. The council “has not noted an increase in illegal dumping” following the change says council waste and fleet manager Sean Sciberras.

He says the council will clear up the Hector Street dump, and rangers will keep an eye out for signs of illegal dumping.

Offenders are issued fines between $200 and $500.

by DAVID BELL