Billy Burnell
Fly-tippers have dumped a mountain of rubbish in a open space in Oxfordshire.
The "environmental crisis developing in plain sight" is up to 150m (490ft) in length and 6m (20ft) high.
The enormous heap has been discovered in a plot of land next to the River Cherwell close to Kidlington.
Elected official raised the problem in parliament, declaring it was "posing risk of an environmental disaster".
An environmental charity stated the illegal waste site was established approximately a month ago by an criminal network.
"This is an ecological disaster developing in public view.
"Daily that passes elevates the danger of poisonous seepage reaching the waterways, poisoning animals and endangering the health of the whole river basin.
"The Environment Agency must take action now, not in extended periods, which is their standard action timeframe."
Legal prohibition had been implemented by the Environment Agency.
It is hard to distinguish any specific pieces of waste as it seems to have been broken up with dirt mixed in.
Some of the waste from the peak of the pile has fallen and is now merely five metres from the stream.
The River Cherwell is a feeder stream of the River Thames, which signifies it runs through Oxford before joining the Thames.
Government broadcast
The representative petitioned the authorities for support to eliminate the illegal tip before it caused a blaze or was carried into the aquatic system.
Speaking to MPs on recently, he declared: "Criminals have discarded a huge quantity of unlawful polymer rubbish... amounting to hundreds of tonnes, in my electoral area on a riverside area alongside the River Cherwell.
"River levels are rising and temperature readings demonstrate that the waste is also heating up, raising the threat of fire.
"Regulatory body stated it has restricted funding for regulation, that the estimated expense of removal is greater than the entire twelve-month allocation of the municipal authority."
Government official said the authorities had taken over a failing waste industry that had created an "widespread problem of unauthorized dumping".
She advised MPs the organization had served a restriction order to prevent additional access to the site.
In a declaration, the organization said it was investigating the incident and appealed for evidence.
It commented: "We understand the citizens' concern about incidents like this, which is why we respond against those accountable for environmental offenses."
A recently published report found attempts to tackle significant illegal dumping have been "extremely overlooked" notwithstanding the problem becoming more extensive and more advanced.
The Environment and Climate Change Committee suggested an separate "comprehensive" investigation into how "endemic" environmental offenses is tackled.
