AN area of Bradford has "slowly started to deteriorate" again, despite a high profile campaign to clean it up just six months ago.

In March Bradford Council began a four week clean-up campaign in Great Horton to tackle litter, fly tipping, dog fouling, overflowing bins and contaminated recycling bins.

Although the scheme was a success, with tonnes of waste removed and dozens of notices issued to offenders, a new report reveals that problems in the area are arising once again.

It suggests using similar projects to tackle such issues may "not be sustainable" in the future.

The project focused on six streets in Great Horton that were blighted by litter and fly tipping.

The Council said the scheme was to "promote responsible waste management practices in the community, specifically tenants and landlords, using a combination of education and enforcement, to promote recycling and to reduce fly tipping and rubbish in gardens."

Bradford Council clean-up campaign to begin in Great Horton to tackle littering and fly tipping

Council staff visited the area regularly to advise residents on how to avoid contaminating their bins and how to dispose of waste properly.

The area has a high proportion of rented property and a large Eastern European community.

At a meeting of Bradford Council's Regeneration and Environment Scrutiny Committee tomorrow, members will be given an update on various projects to tackle fly tipping in Bradford, including the Great Horton project.

The month long action saw 92 Contaminated recycling bins emptied, 5.2 tonnes of waste removed from the area and over 40 Community Protection Warnings issued to stop people dumping waste in the streets.

Enforcement notices were issued to landlords and owners of properties where accumulated waste in gardens was found and Eastern European speaking interpreters visited the area to talk to residents and advise on recycling, promote the Bulky Waste Collection Service and give general advice about the bin collection service.

A report going to members says: "At the end of the project the streets were much cleaner and for the four week period the amount of domestic fly tipped waste had significantly reduced.

"However, recent indications are that the area has slowly started to deteriorate with fly-tipped domestic waste appearing on streets and rubbish accumulations in gardens becoming a problem again.

"It has been concluded that the intensive interventions and resources that were used would not be sustainable on a large scale to ensure long term improvements in this and similar demographic areas.

"A fundamental change in behaviour would be needed by the community as a whole and that this would occur over a period of time.

"In order to facilitate and speed up this process the Neighbourhood Service is exploring community-led solutions to promote responsible behaviour and bring about behaviour change.

"This will include recruiting community volunteers and inviting Eastern European speakers to apply for vacancies as Neighbourhood Wardens."

The Committee meets in City Hall at 6pm tomorrow.