It started with small pieces of litter, like cans, bottles and fast food waste being left in and around the car park at the top of Mt Pleasant Rd, near the intersection with Summit Rd.
But the scale of the problem has escalated, with people now leaving large piles of household rubbish and building waste, says one resident.
Dmitri Rechkunov lives on Summit Rd and has been picking up rubbish within about 500m of the area, where there are no public rubbish bins.
“I’ve called the (Christchurch) city council a number of times asking them to put a rubbish bin on the intersection of Mt Pleasant Rd and Summit Rd,’’ he said.
“I still pick up bottles from my property, people sit on the intersection drinking beer and throw them over the fence.”
He said there are a lot of people walking on Summit Rd who pick up rubbish and ask to use his rubbish bin.
“It’s totally fine that [visitors] use my bin, but you can see how many people worry about it.”
City council manager of city streets maintenance Mark Pinner said staff are aware of the problem.
“We have received three reports in the past three days," he said.
"Two of these were to report builder waste and one for household waste.”
“There are no public bins in the area and waste, once identified, is typically removed within two days.”
He said this type of dumping is classed as ‘fly-tipping’ and individuals face prosecution if caught.
The fines range from $100 to $400, depending on how much is dumped and what it contains.
"We encourage the public to report any such issues.
"If people can identify anyone responsible, we request they provide as much information as possible so that we can follow up with them.”
