Topic
Topic ID 7398
27/09/2013 by Drama Queen
Abandoned Litter Bags of Food
Has anyone noticed on the B158 from Bengeo to Anchor Lane and outside of Chapmore End the black bin liners that at the moment seem to be thrown on the verges once a week?? I have been watching them "arrive" as I drive to Ware that way from Bengeo and its disgusting me.. The bags are now splitting with food, packets and packaging getting strewn around the drains right outside of the horse riding stables and livery yard. I hope someone from the council can sort this out quickly, flytipping is disgusting and its really horrid to see ignorant morons do this, when there is a perfectly good waste dump around the corner which is open many hours a day![:(!]
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Reply ID 95876
28/09/2013 by newboy
I have noticed these too and they are winding me up. Unfortunately too many people in the UK have zero pride in their environment and think nothing of doing such things. The amount of litter that you see lying around our towns and countryside makes me really mad. The government needs to focus more on fly tipping, litter dropping, dog mess and graffiti as it really affects quality of life. I suspect they won't though. I just cannot understand why all this seems to be considered 'acceptable'.
Anyway, rant over and I have completed one of the forms posted in Andrew's link!
Reply ID 95880
28/09/2013 by Darcy Sarto
The government needs to focus on use of the EA as a genuine policing and enforcement agency rather than the massive bureaucracy it has become. Instead of employing thousands of people processing permit applications, waste carrier licences, exemptions, easements, PRN's hardly any of which are practically enforced it could simply employ a few hundred people with little green vans to actually enforce the laws in place.
We seem satisfied that once a person or organisation has filled in the forms saying it will not pollute that is enough?
Rant 2 over.
Reply ID 96058
03/10/2013 by Darcy Sarto
Noticed the bag(s) since you mentioned them (gone today). Also noted a very neatly stacked fly tip in the Waterford Heath "lay by" car park (Sacombe Road out of Bengeo) this afternoon. You do wonder why, if they can go to the effort of taking it all to a lay by and neatly stacking it all why don't they just toddle on up to the dump (sorry - recycling centre)?
Reply ID 96064
04/10/2013 by Ewoowar
quote:
Originally posted by Darcy Sarto
Noticed the bag(s) since you mentioned them (gone today). Also noted a very neatly stacked fly tip in the Waterford Heath "lay by" car park (Sacombe Road out of Bengeo) this afternoon. You do wonder why, if they can go to the effort of taking it all to a lay by and neatly stacking it all why don't they just toddle on up to the dump (sorry - recycling centre)?
Open the bags. Look for letters. If there are any then they are likely to be for the same address and which is likely to be the address of the culprit.
Then either report the offender to the council or return them to the owner.
Frankly I think those who fly tip their waste should be made to clear litter from the streets.
Reply ID 96065
04/10/2013 by Darcy Sarto
Well yes, rather obviously...
I would prefer some proper enforcement (as described above) by the EA (not the police/council).
Judging by the treatment some of us appear to be getting at our local "recycling centres":
http://www.hertford.net/yoursay/topic.php?id=7400
...I'm not surprised some continue to fly tip.
Reply ID 96067
04/10/2013 by Darcy Sarto
quote:
Originally posted by Ewoowar
quote:
Originally posted by Darcy Sarto
Well yes, rather obviously...
I would prefer some proper enforcement (as described above) by the EA (not the police/council).
Judging by the treatment some of us appear to be getting at our local "recycling centres":
http://www.hertford.net/yoursay/topic.php?id=7400
...I'm not surprised some continue to fly tip.
It's not the EA........it is the council and the police.
http://www.hertford.net/yoursay/topic.php?id=7400
http://www.hertford.net/yoursay/topic.php?id=7400
There's even phone numbers provided for reporting it.
I know what the current enforcement authorities are.
What I am saying is we would be better off with a more autonomous "Environment Enforcement Agency" who could concentrate on enforcing anti-pollution legislation rather than spending most of their resource on processing permits, exemptions, licences etc....
For every EA officer actually investigating breaches of such documents there appear to be four or five others processing the applications.
As ever its all about central/local funding and we can't get that right as we appear to be stuck with a crime commissioner (who we apparently voted for):
http://www.hertford.net/yoursay/topic.php?id=7400
...who is costing us hundreds of thousands of pounds.
I would be very happy if he spent his time chasing after fly tippers!
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