Disgusting!

[Bren.]

BBC News - Outrage over Essex mile-long illegal waste tip

[Lucan]

We get people dumping stuff on our land, building rubble, hedge cuttings, furniture, etc. One time they just tipped it onto the middle of the road, completely blocking it. Not much point putting a camera as only happens once every few months. One time found the duplicate recipient and handed it to the police but you never know if they did anything about it. The worst part is the idea that you have to spend half a day taking their rubbish to the skip for them.

[geoff]

Council said 'it appeared overnight'!!!

 

What a load of b**llocks, someone needs the sack and now!

[TIMON]

We see it in the lanes round our way all the time...

Standard rate of landfill tax is currently £80 per tonne and rising

 

It's a problem that is not going to go away soon.

[treeman22tyger]

going to cost more than £50,000 to clear that lot up. looks to me like it was a dodgy skip firm tipping that amount.

[Johny Walker]

going to cost more than £50,000 to clear that lot up. looks to me like it was a dodgy skip firm tipping that amount.

 

bet its neara £1m,its contaminated ,

[Shane]

If council tips allowed commercial waste for free would these people use them?

 

No idea, but it might be cheaper than the cost of tidying up that lot.

 

Big problem would be current recycling plants would lose out as we would all go there.

And then, if it's too busy ... off to the local lanes again..

 

Practical solutions needed rather than just screaming about scumbags.

[Mountain man]

If council tips allowed commercial waste for free would these people use them?

 

No idea, but it might be cheaper than the cost of tidying up that lot.

 

Big problem would be current recycling plants would lose out as we would all go there.

And then, if it's too busy ... off to the local lanes again..

 

Practical solutions needed rather than just screaming about scumbags.

 

Yes, dead right, practical solutions, ie green waste sites for commercial users that don't cost the earth.

[TIMON]

If council tips allowed commercial waste for free would these people use them?

 

No idea, but it might be cheaper than the cost of tidying up that lot.

 

Big problem would be current recycling plants would lose out as we would all go there.

And then, if it's too busy ... off to the local lanes again..

 

Practical solutions needed rather than just screaming about scumbags.

 

 

Very few councils run their own tips.. They contract firms like Veolia and Biffa to process their waste.

Costs are astronomical.

 

Uk is well behind the times when it comes to recycling.

 

Holland for example doesn't put anything into landfill.

[nepia]

Uk is well behind the times when it comes to recycling.

 

A situation that won't change without a governmental change in attitude from 'how can we screw money out of this one?' to 'how can we deal properly with waste?'

 

It's sad that the term 'recycling' has almost become a form of lip service to the ideal. You only have to see the differences between every LA's doorstep recycling (what they'll take, what they won't) to see that the whole thing's driven purely by money.