Great Harwood mum's disgust over needles dumped in her garden

7:00am Tuesday 5th June 2012 in Great Harwood

A MUM has spoken of her disgust after a pile of dirty needles were dumped in her garden.

Kathy Haworth, who lives in Back Church Street, Great Harwood, complained to Hyndburn Council after 25 bags worth of rubbish were tipped into her back yard where her seven-year-old son plays.

Kathy, 36, also expressed her anger at Hyndburn Council, who she said took 11 days to remove the dangerous waste.

She said: “My son could have fallen and taken his eye out, it was very dangerous and I assumed they would come out the same day.

“There are children in the vicinity too and they play out up there.

“You don’t expect things like that in Great Harwood, but when it does happen, you expect the council to back you.”

Kathy, who works as a nursery manager in the town, said council officers had also seemed more concerned about taking her second wheelie bin away than removing the needles.

She said: “They have got a priority issue, it was ludicrous.

“I feel I was turned into a criminal by Hyndburn Council for having two wheelie bins.”

Gareth Molineux, councillor for the Oveston ward, said he would be happy to speak with Kathy to help resolve the issue.

He said: “Eleven days does seem quite slow and I am sure that if the portfolio holder for environmental protection had been aware of this, they would have made sure it had been cleaned up the same day.

“What is worrying is where those needles have come from.

“Fly tipping is increasing in the town and we are receiving more and more calls every day.

“If there are any other instances like this, residents can call me and we will make sure we deal with it as quickly as we can.”

Comments (6)

8:10am Tue 5 Jun 12

mavrick says...

Sadly this is the quality of council officer we are stuck with in Hyndburn. I hope the Tories are happy about shutting the recycling centre. I fear there will be a big increase in this kind of fly tipping. I am just surprised that no one has been injured already. we wouldn't want to adding to the cost of the NHS would we.
Sadly this is the quality of council officer we are stuck with in Hyndburn. I hope the Tories are happy about shutting the recycling centre. I fear there will be a big increase in this kind of fly tipping. I am just surprised that no one has been injured already. we wouldn't want to adding to the cost of the NHS would we. mavrick

9:28am Tue 5 Jun 12

woolywords says...

I feel sorry for the person that has to rummage through this waste in an attempt to trace it's origins.
Must go, have to put my bins out.
I feel sorry for the person that has to rummage through this waste in an attempt to trace it's origins. Must go, have to put my bins out. woolywords

9:41am Tue 5 Jun 12

jack daniels says...

It's amazing how petty the refuse staff can be. I'm amazed that the council haven't accused her of dumping the needles yet....
It's amazing how petty the refuse staff can be. I'm amazed that the council haven't accused her of dumping the needles yet.... jack daniels

10:06am Tue 5 Jun 12

commonsenseplease says...

Well no wonder there is an increase in fly tipping after closing the tip... What did the council think was going to happen? Idiots.
Well no wonder there is an increase in fly tipping after closing the tip... What did the council think was going to happen? Idiots. commonsenseplease

7:48pm Tue 5 Jun 12

Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...

portfolio holder for environmental protection, who makes these names up?
portfolio holder for environmental protection, who makes these names up? Michael@ClitheroeSince58

9:50am Wed 6 Jun 12

Pan-cake says...

I fully agree with the premise that fly tipping will increase because the Tory LCC, who are following the previous Labour admnistrations policy of closing the waste centres (Labour closed Langho and Padiham when in power) have closed the Great Harwood site.
However, there is fly tipping and fly tipping. The stuff mentioned would probably have been flytipped whether there were skips or not. Its household rubish that should have gone in the wheelie bin. The flytippers are just antisocial scum.
In defence of the enforcement team at Hyndburn, I reported a similar deposit of disposable nappies beer cans and such like last week and the site was tidied within a few days. I think they target within 10 days, but usually quicker.
Everyone must remember that while it's satisfying to beat the Council over the head about these things, THEY don't dump this stuff. And they have to use YOUR Council Tax money to. Far more satisfying would be to catch these antisocial animals dumping, and take a baseball bat to their legs!!
I fully agree with the premise that fly tipping will increase because the Tory LCC, who are following the previous Labour admnistrations policy of closing the waste centres (Labour closed Langho and Padiham when in power) have closed the Great Harwood site. However, there is fly tipping and fly tipping. The stuff mentioned would probably have been flytipped whether there were skips or not. Its household rubish that should have gone in the wheelie bin. The flytippers are just antisocial scum. In defence of the enforcement team at Hyndburn, I reported a similar deposit of disposable nappies beer cans and such like last week and the site was tidied within a few days. I think they target within 10 days, but usually quicker. Everyone must remember that while it's satisfying to beat the Council over the head about these things, THEY don't dump this stuff. And they have to use YOUR Council Tax money to. Far more satisfying would be to catch these antisocial animals dumping, and take a baseball bat to their legs!! Pan-cake

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