More than 120 tyres dumped in a fly-tipping incident in a Suffolk village have been transformed into a Christmas display.
Babergh District Council contacted Sudbury Town Council after finding the tyres dumped at Monks Eleigh back in November. Bradley Smith and other council Community Wardens decided to turn the negative action into a positive creative project, and recruited community groups to help with their decoration idea.
Local schools, nurseries, charities and businesses got their crafty Christmas juices flowing to create snowmen and festive characters in the courtyard of St Peter's Church.
The Community Warden at Sudbury Town Council said: "Flytipping is totally unacceptable but for me it's great we have a positive outcome.
"I run the Christmas lights at Sudbury Town Council and we have not been able to decorate the church up because they are having work going on, but we could use the churchyard."
Mr Smith went on to say that the project had been a "success".
"It's different and it's been really good. It's a nice project.
"After the Christmas one, maybe we will continue it on and do an Easter one."
Further information
Thanks to Bradley, Community Warden Manager for the kind use of his picture!
You can find out more information about the work of the Community Wardens via their Twitter page.
How to report fly-tipping
You can report fly-tipping or illegal waste dumping to your local council at gov.uk/report-flytipping, by entering your postcode.
If you want to report hazardous waste and large scale illegal dumping, such as lorries dumping rubbish, you can contact Crimestoppers.
You can also report other waste crimes, such as:
