Frank Sparkes, 76, gained the nickname the 'North Wall cleaner' after devoting 25 years to keeping Cleethorpes' North Wall clean.
A pensioner who has dedicated 25 years to clearing dumped rubbish from his home town says he was left "embarrassed" after being told he now needs a licence to take it to the tip.
He told the Grimsby Live website: "I was taking mattresses and house waste before and now I can't take them, and I've been turned away three times. He said: "All summer holidays me and the kids went out, and it helped the kids and kept them off the streets. "It's so emotional," he said. "I go down that wall and see rubbish I can't take and I know I can't take it, but I can't rest until I can pick it up because I know when I go again it'll just get built up and built up and the fly-tipping will start again. I've saved birds in nets and all sorts down there, it's not just fly tipping, I'm saving the wildlife too.
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