Annex 2
FLY-TIPPING EXAMPLES
1. 500 tonnes of wastes were dumped on a
farmer's field in Hertfordshire despite preventative measures
being in place. The cost for removal of the waste was £4,600.
2. A Bedfordshire farmer shares a single
driveway with three farming neighbours. He has continuing problem
with fly-tipping along the road and in gateways and recently spotted
a small lorry dumping household waste in the gateway of a field.
He was unable to access the field until the waste was moved.
3. In Nottinghamshire about eight tonnes
of tyres and three loads of builders rubble were dumped in a farmers
fields over a period of two months and two of his gateways were
blocked with rubbish a few weeks following this.
4. In another case, 5 x 7 tonne van-loads
of tyres were tipped on an SSSI in Essex. The landowner initially
discovered two loads of tyres. Over the next consecutive three
days a load of tyres was tipped daily. The costs of removal for
tyres were quoted to be 75p per tyre.
March 2004
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