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Shop NowRubbish Roundup 13th February
Rubbish Roundup 13th February
We are probably used to seeing rubbish strewn along our motorways, but Plymouth Council cleared a whole 2 tonnes of rubbish from the A38 during a night time clean up. Rubbish crews spent one Friday night picking up debris and waste along a stretch of the motorway. This is part of the council’s ongoing campaign to tackle rubbish and fly-tipping, which is increasingly becoming a problem in the city.
Travellers have left fly-tipped rubbish and even human waste after living on a site in Dunstable for 11 months. They left rubble, rubbish and building materials strewn across a playing field and an adjoining embankment. There were up to 50 caravans on the site and the council took steps to evict them, but residents claim that one group was simply replaced by another, and that the travellers intimidated and threatened them.
Residents in Welwyn are angry about fly-tipped rubbish blocking the entrance to the local cemetery. One resident went to visit her late father’s grave when she found that she struggled to get access to the cemetery because of rubbish strewn across the access path. She had her 2 young children with her, and they were only able to access the graveyard as they were wearing wellies.
Fly-tipped waste is blighting moorland in Staffordshire. A mountain of plastic bottles, bags, and cans have been dumped, and the Environment Agency are investigating. The district council are working with the owners of the land to get the rubbish removed as soon as possible.
And if you thought that rubbish was only a problem over here, think again. Brisbane City Council has urged residents to ‘dob a dumper’ and report fly-tippers to tackle the problem of roadside rubbish dumping. The council are running an awareness campaign, which involves educating residents about the council’s zero tolerance to littering and how to dispose of their waste correctly. The council said that it is also emphasising the availability of free recycling at recycling centres and kerbside rubbish collections.
Residents in an area of Hull have expressed their anger at the city council, as they have failed to clean up fly-tipped rubbish that has been there for over 2 weeks. Residents claim that the rubbish is that bad, that rats living in it have been found dead. Residents claim that the level of rubbish in the area is now out of control and that it is affecting house sales, not to mention the health of local people. The council said that that they will not tolerate fly-tipping, and that they introduced a campaign to tackle the problem last year. Operation Stop the Drop encouraged residents to take pride in their local areas and to report anyone they see dumping waste so they can be prosecuted.