Fly-tipping levels "considerably higher" in Sedgemoor

11:30am Sunday 22nd July 2012 in News

LEVELS of fly-tipping in Sedgemoor are “considerably higher” than before changes were made to recycling centre opening hours in April 2011.

A report for a Sedgemoor District Council Polden Clusters meeting this week said while there was a small drop in fly-tipping in April and May of this year compared to the same period last year, the levels are still much higher than before last year's changes were introduced by the Somerset Waste Partnership.

The report says: “The Clean Surroundings Team continue to respond promptly to the increased levels of flytipping. The council's enforcement officer continues to investigate cases and has issued many fixed penalty notices, with several cases having been taken to court, with outcomes pending.”

Comments(5)

mikeymike says...
3:16pm Sun 22 Jul 12

Well there's a shocker!!

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MINIME2 says...
8:05pm Sun 22 Jul 12

I have reported fly tippers' with car and van registrations only to be asked " can I prove the fly tipping belongs to the car or van dropping it " well it came out of the car or van ive given you the registration for. Sometimes when you try to be helpful you lose the will to live with questions like that.

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BaldCarl2 says...
8:28pm Mon 23 Jul 12

MINIME2 wrote:
I have reported fly tippers' with car and van registrations only to be asked " can I prove the fly tipping belongs to the car or van dropping it " well it came out of the car or van ive given you the registration for. Sometimes when you try to be helpful you lose the will to live with questions like that.
Carry a small digital camera with you.

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mobyman says...
4:33am Tue 24 Jul 12

the council have done their selfs no favours,they have closed most tips 2 days per week and started charging for certain waste,therefore people are going to fly tip hence the council foot the bill picking it back up.but there is no excuse for those bussinesses to dump their rubbish anywhere they feel.

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sheldoncooper says...
4:47pm Fri 27 Jul 12

Personally I think fly tipping is wrong. If flies are getting paid a decent wage for flying around all day doing nothing productive, why should I tip them and make it even more attractive a job ?

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