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funnylookingowl Wrote:

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> I guess its a bit of an issue due to council run

> dumps being less accessible and/or charging fees

> to enter with rubbish. Although you can normally

> blag it for free, sometimes you have to book ahead

> or prove you live in Southwark etc, which is a

> pain. Someone i know (wink, wink) does a lot of

> decorating work and im not going to lie they have

> flytipped waste from jobs (items such as sinks,

> fridges, old planks of wood, paint etc etc)

> frequently over the past year, although mostly not

> in the local area as they dont like to poo on ones

> doorstep. Normally the councils do actually come

> to clear away dumped waste, so its a vicious

> circle of their own doing. They ought to just make

> things easier for those in the trade, until then

> expect plenty more fly tipping in the future.


Or they could pay to dispose of commercial waste like legitimate tradespeople do. Trying to blame Southwark for not subsidising their business to justify anti-social and criminal behaviour is a terrible excuse. I hope whoever your ?friend? is gets caught and prosecuted.

Hi, I use fixmystreet.com (and the app on my phone) to report flytipping. Not only does it flag for the council to collect, but it allows the council to have real time data for trending purposes and to use for ongoing developments and waste disposal support. My old council (Sevenoaks) were brilliant at collecting once flagged. Just a thought.
  • 1 month later...

Is it linked to cctv? Can?t imagine people take any notice unless it seems likely they will be caught.


whodhavethoughit Wrote:

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> Southwark Council have put up a no fly tipping

> sign on the wall where the majority of fly tipping

> in this street is done. Not made any difference

> whatsoever unfortunately.

  • 1 year later...

My 'friend' continues to fly tip industrial waste and is yet to get even close to being caught. In fact, with all these cuts to services and councils, its actually getting easier to dump your rubbish as there is less money for enforcement.

 

Someone told me the other day that it costs businesses £100 for every visit to the official tip.


He knows a plumber who just takes his bits of pipe etc home and puts them in his green bin.


Or, presumably, his blue bin if the bits are metal.

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