Name and shame for Darwen fly-tippers (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Name and shame for Darwen fly-tippers
10:46am Friday 10th February 2012 in News
FLY-tippers are being named and shamed in an anti-litter campaign by Darwen Town Council.
Councillors have spoken out about the amount of rubbish in back streets throughout the town.
And now, people prosecuted by Blackburn with Darwen Council for fly-tipping will have their names displayed in the noticeboard out-side Darwen Town Hall.
Coun Dave Smith said there were no full addresses published, just the name and street.
He said: “It is a good idea to be naming and shaming these people. The rubbish in some of the back streets is appalling. It is a small minority of people and they need to know the consequences.
“Some think it is about people putting rubbish in the wrong bins, but it is not. This is people who are piling rubbish up in the back yards. How hard is it to put it in the bin?
“The only way they will learn is through a fine.”
Coun Smith said the current list was slightly out of date, with a further eight names waiting to be added.
The borough executive member for environmental improvement and sustainability, Coun Faryad Hussain, said: “We are very proud of our prosecution rates for people who have been caught repeatedly fly-tipping and we will prosecute those who continue with this anti-social behaviour.
“This sort of behaviour goes completely against the spirit of the Your Call campaign, which promotes community spirit across the borough.”
Comments(10)
living the end times in BB1
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12:06pm Fri 10 Feb 12
happycyclist wrote:What an exciting life you must have.You must be rushed off your feet,however did you manage to notice the bins have not been emptied before anyone else..?
Our bins bags weren't collected this week.
Again.
district01
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12:21pm Fri 10 Feb 12
Then if the problem is money?
Then use the money wasted on Jack Straw‘s retirement status!
Your ferret stinks
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2:27pm Fri 10 Feb 12
harrythehamster
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4:14pm Fri 10 Feb 12
Your ferret stinks wrote:DNA testing? Up yours stinky ferret.What you talking about DNA testing.All these bin bags get blown into darwen from Garden Peas Village's wind turbine.Nothing to do with fly tippers.Have you ever seen a blue bottle driving a dump truck? Of course you haven't.
These dirty people will soon get wise to this and so long as there is nothing in the rubbish that identifies them then they will just carry their rubbish a few doors down the ally and leave it outside someone elses property, even if you see the culprip doing it most people will choose to ignore it as it would bring trouble with the neighbours and what are the council then going to do? DNA tests.
harrythehamster
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4:17pm Fri 10 Feb 12
happycyclist wrote:Did dums. Get a grip man or get on your bike and take them to the tip yourself.Always moaning on & on. & on. i think you should change your title to "ARISTON". they went on & on.
Our bins bags weren't collected this week. Again.
Incredible Hulk
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5:14pm Fri 10 Feb 12
johndarwen
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7:29pm Fri 10 Feb 12
We have noticed that they do not always pickup what they spill, so under law, they are classed as breakin the law, under "littering" that comes with a fixed penelty. Time to follow the bin men and make money for the council coffers
White Eagle
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5:36pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Your ferret stinks
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1:20pm Sun 12 Feb 12
White Eagle wrote:Do yourself a favour then and film it openly so the binmen know what you are doing, even if they don't ask what your doing make a point of telling them, who knows it may have a dramtic effect.
The refuge collection in Hollins Grove is a laugh. Go around the backs and see the mess that the bin-men leave, they are paid to pick up all litter that is discharged from the bin to the lorry put on times a lot of the rubbish is left on the streets. Who do's one blame???
happycyclist says...
10:50am Fri 10 Feb 12
Again.