Lancashire pilot study into fly-tipping (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Lancashire pilot study into fly-tipping
1:30pm Monday 17th August 2009 in News
A NEW campaign to discover “the true extent” of fly-tipping on land in Lancashire has been launched.
The pilot study from the Environment Agency follows initial research which revealed that 94 per cent of private landowners suffer from illegal dumping of waste.
With clearance costs averaging £809 per removal, the figures underline a significant problem which the Environment Agency said it is determined to get to grips with.
Gerald Lee, project manager for the agency’s Landowner Partnership, said: “The purpose of our ‘Recognise, Record, Reduce’ campaign is to record fly-tipping incidents uniformly through a central online system for an extended period of time.
“We need this level of understanding to be able to provide tools and guidance for tackling a problem that we know anecdotally is a big issue for Britain’s landowners.”
Sarah Lee, of the Countryside Alliance, said: “A solution to this problem must be found, but more accurate data on the scale and nature of the problem is needed before the Government can take action.
“The seriousness of fly-tipping on private land is well known, and the Countryside Alliance recognises that farmers and landowners often feel isolated when dealing with this costly problem on their own."
Comments(3)
brendaleyland
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4:34pm Mon 17 Aug 09
At their insistance refuse collections have been cut to fortnightly rather than weekly. Refuse has to fit into wheely bins that are often insufficient for the amount of waste generated. Extra bags left beside the wheelybin goes uncollected. That extra rubbish gets dumped by some members of the public who don't know what else to do with it. It may be wrong, but some people just don't care that they have dumped the rubbish that the council won't collect.
then there are the intoxicated school kids who buy cases full of beer and simply discard the empty bottles at the point where the bottle became empty.
Lastly, unscrupulous businesses who don't want to pay silly money to the councils to take away unwanted waste. I have seem large bags of industrial waste in the River Lostock. It should be tracable but that never seems to happen.
A fresh look at the Council waste policy is required and whilst they review that policy they should look at just who pays the bill? We pay. Local Councils, you work for us, you serve us - not the other way around. It sickens me to hear of people being fined for violating a council policy. Enough, your not our masters. Give us the service we pay for or stand aside for someone who will.
Lifeinthemix
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11:26am Tue 18 Aug 09
Fly tipping is the symptom of greedy councils charging to dump rubbish.
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We already pay the council to shift rubbish, why do we pay them again?
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Face facts, the more the authorities push garbage onto we the people, we will give it back...all over the town.
Of course I am a good boy and wouldn't dream of fly tipping
Izanears says...
4:29pm Mon 17 Aug 09
There is no doubt that flytipping is a major problem, but who on earth comes up with such a stupid figure for clearing it away. The men and machines are already available, so unless overtime is being paid, how do they work out what it costs.