“Heartbreaking” Volume Of Litter At Durdle Door Shows Lack Of Respect
A team of dedicated volunteers have been setting to clearing up the atrocious mess left behind by hundreds of people who flocked to a popular Dorset beach recently.
A team of dedicated volunteers have been setting to clearing up the atrocious mess left behind by hundreds of people who flocked to a popular Dorset beach recently.
Over the last few months, the issue of waste has really come to the fore because recycling centres and tips have been closed as a result of the pandemic and ensuing lockdown – which has resulted in a 300 per cent increase in fly-tipping in some parts of the country.
Now that we are all spending more time at home, and ticking off all those jobs around the home that have been demanding our attention, it’s likely you’ve accumulated a growing pile of unwanted items.
With the COVID-19 outbreak sending the country into lockdown and affecting waste collection services, many councils have asked residents to start home composting to relieve the strain on garden waste collections across the UK.
With the closure of many UK household waste recycling centres and an increase in home clearances and DIY projects, there has been a reported 300 per cent surge in fly-tipping in rural areas.
Many people are finding the government’s lockdown has given them so much free time, they don’t know what to do with themselves. Those without dependants or who are unable to work from home have spent the last few weeks with nothing to do other than their daily exercise outside or catching up on boxsets.
An increase in fly-tipping around the UK has led to MPs and councillors calling for a reopening of waste facilities and rubbish tips during the pandemic lockdown, as long as social distancing measures are taken into account.
In some parts of the UK, the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in councils suspending their garden waste collection services. If you’ve been affected by this decision and have been using your time in lockdown to tackle tasks in your garden, what should you do with the waste you have?
Organised criminal gangs are being blamed for the dramatic increase in fly-tipping, as reported by the BBC. Large scale fly-tipping, which involves the illegal dumping of a tipper lorry load or more, has doubled in the last six years, and the Environment Agency has called the illicit waste disposal ‘the new narcotics’.
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