The children's toys and kitchen appliances were found by staff cleaning the city's 146,000 gullies.
By Stuart Harratt & David SpereallKitchen appliances and children's toys are among the items fly-tipped into Leeds' drainage system, councillors were told.
Broken toasters, microwaves and scooters have been recovered by council staff from the city's gullies.The city council said it was responsible for cleaning 146,000 gullies to prevent flooding. Eleanor Jordan, an engineer from the local authority's highway maintenance team, told the committee meeting that "Gully pots are not rubbish bins".
"You'd be surprised what we pull out of the gullies. We've had toasters, scooters, children's toys and microwaves," she said.Ms Jordan said the UK's drainage system was struggling to function as a whole, with most of the infrastructure having been built in the Victorian era to serve far fewer houses."We as residents are filling our sewers with items that are not biodegradable. These form most of the blockages," Ms Jordan said.
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