FLY-TIPPING in Bordon and Whitehill is a "horrendous" problem and "robust" action needs to be taken against it, according to two district councillors representing the town. Adam Carew - who represents Whitehill Walldown ward on East Hampshire District Council and at whose request the issue was put on the council's overview and scrutiny committee agenda last month - said: "The problem is horrendous. Almost everywhere you look in the town we see litter, fly tip and the illegal dumping of garden rubbish. "If the district is serious about our Green Town Vision then it needs to help clean up our town. "It's bad enough for those of us who live here, but what sort of impression does all this litter and fly tip leave for those who may want to come and live here or invest in our community." A fly-tipping forum was set up in 2004, but this was disbanded afer one meeting. However, it is hoped that this will be reinstated to combat the ongoing problem. The forum's aim would be to investigate fly-tip hotspots including Walldown Triangle, Hogmoor Enclosure, Forest Road in Whitehill, Saville Crescent, Alexandra Park and the Deadwater Valley. Philip Drury, who represents Whitehill Hogmoor ward on the district council, said: "The district council has powers to deal with fly-tipping but seems reluctant to use them. "We need a robust approach, with some high profile prosecutions to set an example to others that the dumping of waste is bringing down the neighbourhood and costing us all taxpayers' money. It's just another form of antisocial behaviour that blights the lives of all of us and the district needs to start getting tough." Councillors Carew and Drury have asked for measures to be introduced, including: CCTV in fly- tipping hotspots; closer co-operation between Whitehill Town Council and district and county councillors; the re launch of the fly-tipping forum to include local councillors, the Ministry of Defence, landowners, the Deadwater Valley Trust, housing associations, businesses and community groups; close co-operation with housing associations, including Drum, where there are problems, and the examination of the low take up of the district council's garden waste scheme in Bordon to see if charges are deterring people from using the service and resulting in illegal dumping. Construction materials, garden waste, trolleys, bicycles and motorbikes have all been dumped in or around the river on the Deadwater Valley Trust site, and newspapers, plastic bags and car tyres are regularly thrown over the fences at Conde Way carpark. Another problem area is Alexandra Park where hazardous waste, including fridges and other white kitchen goods, are dumped and are difficut to remove.