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Illegal dumpers have discarded a huge quantity of garbage in a rural area in Oxfordshire.

The "ecological disaster unfolding in full view" is around 150m (490ft) in length and 6m (20ft) high.

The massive heap has appeared in a plot of land next to the River Cherwell close to Kidlington.

Parliament representative highlighted the problem in parliament, declaring it was "risking an ecological catastrophe".

Protection organization said the illegal waste site was created approximately a month ago by an criminal network.

"This constitutes an ecological disaster unfolding in public view.

"Every day that passes raises the risk of poisonous drainage getting into the aquatic network, contaminating animals and putting at risk the condition of the complete catchment.

"Regulatory bodies must take action now, not in months or years, which is their typical response period."

A restriction order had been implemented by the environmental authorities.

It is challenging to distinguish any specific bits of rubbish as it looks to have been broken up with dirt blended.

Part of the waste from the peak of the pile has collapsed and is now merely five meters from the waterway.

The River Cherwell is a tributary of the River Thames, which means it runs through Oxford before connecting with the Thames.

The representative asked the government for assistance to clear the unauthorized dump before it resulted in a inferno or was washed away into the water network.

Speaking to MPs on this week, he declared: "Lawbreakers have dumped a mountain of unlawful plastic waste... amounting to many tons, in my electoral area on a water-adjacent land adjacent to the River Cherwell.

"River levels are rising and heatmaps demonstrate that the waste is also increasing in temperature, elevating the threat of combustion.

"Regulatory body reported it has restricted funding for enforcement, that the estimated expense of removal is larger than the whole annual allocation of the regional government."

Cabinet member said the administration had assumed responsibility for a struggling waste industry that had created an "widespread problem of illegal dumping".

She told MPs the organization had served a access ban to stop additional admission to the area.

In a announcement, the authority said it was examining the situation and requested for details.

It said: "We understand the community's anger about incidents like this, which is why we take action against those accountable for environmental offenses."

A newly released report found efforts to tackle serious illegal dumping have been "severely overlooked" despite the issue becoming more extensive and more sophisticated.

The Environment and Climate Change Committee proposed an autonomous "thorough" examination into how "prevalent" illegal dumping is dealt with.