Householders are responsible for more than a third of all flytipping, a survey has revealed.

Kitchen rubbish, do-it-yourself waste and dirty nappies make up 33 per cent of illegally dumped waste, according to a report by litter charity Keep Britain Tidy.

Shops and offices also rated highly in the study, dumping 22 per cent of all rubbish found, while building contractors, frequently blamed for tipping, contributed just 17 per cent.

The figures coincide with the discovery of flytipping in Windhill where broken bottles, clothing and wallpaper were found littering a footpath off Crag Road.

Councillor Phillip Thornton (Lab, Shipley East), who discovered the sea of waste opposite High Crags Primary School, said: "It looks terrible and it really makes the area look threatening.

"This piece of land overlooks one of the main corridors into Shipley so it really creates a bad impression. I am concerned about it being a safety hazard."

Coun Thornton reported the "grotspot"totheTelegraph& Argus following the launch of the T&A's Bin It for Bradford campaign, introduced to encourage people to take pride in their areas.

Readers were asked to nominate the worst sites for cleanliness and hundreds of entries were received naming "grot spots" across the district.

The information was passed to Bradford Council for a mass clear-up to tackle parts of the district blighted by flytipping.

And it has made a noticeable difference, according to Bradford Council cleansing chief Damian Fisher.

The principal waste management officer for street cleansing said: "It seems at last we are getting rid of the backlog of flytipping incidents. I have certainly noticed a big difference.

"Thethreeteamsweputin place dedicated solely to tackling flytipping have made a real difference but we know we still have a long way to go."

He urged the public to keep the Council informed about illegally dumped rubbish and believed the Council's new enforcement team, introduced last month, would be effective in getting the district to clean up its act.

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, executive member for environment, said: "Flytipping is rubbish people deliberately drop because they are idle and irresponsible.

Why do people drive out of their way to dump rubbish when they could just as easily take it to a household waste site?"