Update: Ashfield council leader demands county's recycling centres are re-opened now

Coun Jason Zadrozny said the longer the recycling centres remain closed, the greater the risk of increased fly tipping incidents.

The Government announced last week that it would be instructing all councils to reopen tips – also known as household waste recycling centres – ‘in the coming weeks’.

However there are no exact dates yet for when the Nottinghamshire ones will reopen.

There have been suggestions that access could be granted on an appointment system with slots booked online to help prevent potential overcrowding or large numbers turning up on the first day they reopen.

Coun Zadrozny said: “Our tips closed on March 16 – this was on Government advice.

“Government advice is now that our tips should reopen – the county council should listen but it seems ill-prepared for reopening them.

“They are letting the borough and district councils pick up the bill for fly-tipping.

“We’ll be asking them to pay for subsequent clean ups until they reopen our tips.

“In Ashfield we are very proud to be the only council in the whole county to continue to provide full bin collection services.

“That’s why incidents of fly-tipping have gone down.

“Other places in the county like Bassetlaw, Mansfield and Newark & Sherwood have seen a dramatic rise in fly-tipping.

“It’s time to re-open our tips.”

Derek Higton, service director for place and communities at Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “We will continue to work on our plan to allow the safe reopening of our sites, and will ensure it complies with the promised new guidance as and when that is released.

“We will of course keep residents up to date with our plans.