A pressure group last night renewed its calls to help clean up Bermuda after a taxi and a car were found abandoned on the Railway Trail.

The two cars appear to have been deliberately left in Warwick, near the junction of Rocklands Road. and the Railway Trail.

The taxi was left on blocks with its wheels removed and it is unclear how long the vehicles had been left at the location.

Last Wednesday, a frustrated member of the public called Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) alerting it to the taxi and car that had been dumped.

KBB executive director Richard Lathan described the dumpings as "unfortunate" saying he was dismayed as to why someone would have such a "total disregard" for the environment.

He said: "My concern is that this is symptomatic of the kind of carelessness that we've been seeing throughout the Island and this is an unfortunate example of the problems that KBB is having.

"We've been noticing where people do not take responsibility for the proper disposal of their litter, no matter the size of it. This particular matter is heinous, for someone to carelessly leave vehicles in the public domain and in a public area.

"It's obnoxious and unfortunate and we're hoping there is some way we can encourage the authorities to be more proactive in addressing these problems when concerned people call and say 'can we get rid of this'.

"We recognise there is a process but as that process continues to take place, people have to suffer and deal with this obnoxious site and disgraceful things in their view."

Mr. Lathan confirmed the concerned resident had contacted his office and that the Police were being notified. However, he said KBB is without the means to physically remove the vehicles.

"What will happen is that we will be following up with Police and TCD. The process is that TCD will go out to the site and place stickers on the vehicles. It might take another three weeks to a month before the vehicles are actually removed."

Asked if he wanted to see the vehicles' owners prosecuted, if they are ultimately identified, Mr. Lathan said KBB does not have the power to prosecute anyone, but would encourage that the owners be held accountable.

"I can only encourage and hope that the authorities will take such action," he added. "My main concern is having them being held responsible for having their vehicles removed.

"I do believe there is legislation which states that once the owners are determined, they can be charged for the costs of the removal of their vehicles."