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Nursery staff have been left disgusted after 'thousands' of dirty nappies were dumped outside their gates.
Mystery surrounds the fortnightly drops of soiled nappies at Ashfield Nursery in South Shields but workers believe a rival nursery unwilling to pay the hefty disposal fees.
Staff have been forced to dispose of the nappies and used PPE in their own waste bin since the first dump was discovered on November 22 by manager Rebecca Pearson.
She said: 'I arrived at 7am to find around 20 bags filled with soiled nappies and PPE which had been dumped outside the gate.
Thousands of dirty nappies have been dumped outside Ashfield Nursery in South Shields. Pictured: Nursery practitioner Marie Gibson next to the waste disposal bin
Nappies are being dropped on a fortnightly basis outside the South Shields nursery
Ms Pearson added: 'They were in-front of the car park, so I had no option but to put them into our clinical waste bin before parents and staff arrived.
'I couldn't leave them, as bags full of nappies outside of a nursery would inevitably lead to people thinking they were ours.'
What Ms Pearson hoped would be a one off incident has turned into a pattern of repeated dumps, literally leaving staff with the dirty job of picking up the pieces.
She added: 'It has happened six times, and each time we've had to clean it up, or risk being blamed. It's absolutely disgusting.
'Who knows how long the nappies have been in the bags and they absolutely stink.
'On occasions they've been ripped open by cats and dogs and
