Flytipping and rubbish are issues that regularly plague the streets of Sussex.

We look back at the times extreme litter louts have struck.

The below picture shows John Stonard with flytipping at Falmer pond, Brighton, in 1983.

John Stonard with flytipping at Falmer pond, Brighton, in 1983 (Image: Argus photo archive/Brighton and Hove Stuff)

Jim Marshall can be seen below with huge amounts of rubbish in Brighton in 1979.

Jim Marshall with huge amounts of rubbish in Brighton in 1979 (Image: The Argus Photographic Archive)

Large piles of rubbish can be seen dumped outside Roedean School in 1987.

Flytipping at Roedean School in 1987 (Image: The Argus Photographic Archive)

Another picture shows rubbish on the floor of Brighton Station from an exploded waste bin in 1986.

Rubbish on the floor of Brighton Station from an exploded waste bin in 1986 (Image: The Argus Photographic Archive)

In 2009, the Environment Agency prosecuted a man after he transformed a West Sussex field into an illegal bonfire where large volumes of waste were dangerously burned. Paul Boniface of Upper Brighton Road, Sompting, appeared at Worthing Magistrates Court on October 26 that year and pleaded guilty to two waste disposal offences. Boniface was fined £250 for each offence and ordered to pay costs of £250.

The items were found well alight (Image: The Argus Photographic Archive)

The court heard that the Environment Agency had received complaints in August 2009 that waste was being tipped illegally and then set on fire in a field in Sompting along the A27 between Lambleys Lane and Church Lane. Inspections revealed that mixed waste materials and a volume of construction debris had been deposited on the site and there was evidence that some of the material had been set alight.

On October 9, 2009, at 7pm, an Environment Agency officer was driving along the A27 in Sompting and saw a large fire blazing on the site, comprising cabinets and tables clearly alight.