FIFE MSP Alex Rowley is continuing his efforts to get rid of a long-standing "blight" at Lathalmond.

The smelly 30-feet high pile of old carpets and plasterboard next to the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum has been an eyesore for years now.

This week, Mr Rowley posted a video of the problem area on his social media sites saying it was "simply not acceptable that nothing is being done which means the festering pile of waste is left to rot in our countryside."

He has called on SEPA to take action.

The site at the entrance to the Lathalmond M90 Commerce Park was operated by First Option Services, who specialised in recycling materials including carpets, plastics and plasterboard until the business ceased trading in June 2012.

The two men in charge of the company, Michael Hope and James Winters, received community payback orders at Dunfermline Sheriff Court in June 2016 after admitting keeping controlled waste – approximately 3,500 tonnes of waste carpet and 3,500 tonnes of waste plasterboard – in a manner likely to cause pollution of the environment or harm to human health.

However, no orders were made to clear the site and SEPA and Fife Council have so far been unable to resolve the issue.

Mr Rowley raised the issue at last week's meeting of the Scottish Parliament's Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee and has now written to government minister Roseanna Cunningham asking for help.

Last week, SEPA told the Press they were continuing to monitor the site and remained "firmly focused" on the full and final clearance of the Lathalmond site.