Shocking images of tons of fly-tipping in West Lothian are evidence of “white van man on steroids”, a councillor claimed this week.

Labour veteran Tom Conn pointed to commercial waste dumped by Linlithgow’s leisure centre as evidence of people doing jobs on the cheap.

And he branded fly-tipping of building materials in Livingston and also Linlithgow as a charge on the community.

Another councillor for the town questioned an apparent drop in fly-tipping claimed by Neighbourhood Environment Teams.

The comments came a day after West Lothian revealed that “unauthorised encampments” had been responsible for tipping commercial waste in both Craigswood, Livingston and in Linlithgow.

More than 50 tonnes of commercial waste was dumped at the site in Livingston. Photos of the waste – includin

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