Concrete fly tipped in ancient woods.

[Kayleigh]

Concrete was fly tipped in ancient woods. This was on our local news tonight..This is just appalling. How can we stop this mindless fly tipping..

Concrete evidence - Bedfordshire on Sunday

[Billy Wobble Dagger]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Concrete was fly tipped in ancient woods. This was on our local news tonight..This is just appalling. How can we stop this mindless fly tipping..

Concrete evidence - Bedfordshire on Sunday

Unbelievable. Mindless selfish idiots. I've just finished reporting fly tipping in a local wood to our council, but it's nothing compared to this.
And people really think that there won't be a problem if house holders are charged on the amount of rubbish they have. Just watch the amount of fly tipping increase.
Back to the concrete though, I hope they will be able to remove some or all of it without causing to much damage.


BWD

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger

Unbelievable. Mindless selfish idiots. I've just finished reporting fly tipping in a local wood to our council, but it's nothing compared to this.
And people really think that there won't be a problem if house holders are charged on the amount of rubbish they have. Just watch the amount of fly tipping increase.
Back to the concrete though, I hope they will be able to remove some or all of it without causing to much damage.


BWD

There were bluebells there. The council said it would cost thousands of pounds to clean the area up. I don't know if there will be lasting damage but I doubt those trees will survive that..

[naturelover]

thats just terrable,i cant believe what some idiots will do,have they no brains or what,i thought it was going to be bags of concrete not mixed,thats disgusting and they will never find the culprits,how it has laid i would say it was tipped out of the back of a lorry as its gone all smooth,dont look like it was shuvled out.

[hobble]

Shame they didn't fall in it and set.

[Billy Wobble Dagger]

Originally Posted by hobble

Shame they didn't fall in it and set.

No such luck, they're probably sitting at home smiling that they have made the news.
Returning to Kayleigh's original question of how can we stop this mindless fly tipping? I think the answer has to be harsh peneltys for those that are found to be behind these acts, and also education. Education of youngsters is difficult if Dad is tipping his unwanted concrete or TV or what ever behind a hedge, so Dad must be punished with fines and time spent clearing and cleaning the rubbish that he and others have dropped. Trouble is you have to catch people first.

BWD

[gfilmsuk]

I agree. The answer has to be stiffer penaltys. The article says fines up to £50,000 and or imprisonment. I think that anyone caught tipping, whether it be a fridge or ten-tonne load of concrete should be rewarded with the maximum.
If the driver of that lorry knew that if caught he was going to be fined 50 grand, have his vehicle crushed and be made to pay for the clean-up, he may of thought twice. Same goes for the fridge dumper, 50,000 no arguments.
These huge fines would enable local councils to implement new waste disposal systems to cope with 21st century waste, and of course get these mindless morons off the streets and out of the woods.

[demicav]

Selfish, brainless idiots. They should be whipped THEN made to clean up straight afterwards.

[Wild-Man]

I find this sort of action totally disgusting! I work in construction, and know that the fines associated with this can be extreme - problem is that prosecutions are few and far between!
Is the location of the tipping fairly remote? Wet concrete in the back of a wagon ( that has probably already been to it's 'legitimate' port of call ) can only be transported for a limited amount of time..?
I agree with others - make the fines even higher. Domestic waste or large scale commercial dumping - hit them all as hard as possible!!

Chris.

[GerryNick2]

My local waste disposal centre is getting more and more selective over what they will and won't accept. They will no longer accept stones, bricks, masonary or hardcore of any form which to my mind is just going to result in flytipping becoming a more common occurence.

Gerry