Councillor 'upset' as fly tipping increases across East Lindsey
FLY tipping is still blighting the district – even outside waste tips and recycling centres.
Since April, East Lindsey District Council has dealt with 1,503 cases of fly tipping – including 12 which were right outside the gate of the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Louth.
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FLY-TIPPING: People have been fly tipping outside the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Louth which reduced its opening hours last year.
Last April, the centre's opening hours were reduced from seven days a week to four.
The problem was highlighted by Councillor George Horton who expressed his concerns to Louth Town Council.
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He said: "I travel the district fairly regularly and one of the upsetting things I find is fly tipping. I have seen it quite bad. Speaking as a member of the public, I thought the district council would be clamping down on it but to me, nothing seems to be done.
"You travel down the A16, you see it in hedge rows and I have seen it outside the tip on the industrial estate. It does bring down the standard of our town, particularly to visitors."
Councillor Pauline Watson, who is also a district and county councillor claimed that 30 people were 'dealt with' after being filmed on CCTV leaving waste outside the tip in Louth when it was closed.
Councillor Andrew Leonard said that culprits should be reported as it is a criminal offence.
Councillor Brian Burnett, who used to be the portfolio holder for recycling said: "I know officers do look through all fly tips for any identification which could lead to a prosecution.
"It is something they take very seriously but they can only do something about if if people see it and report it."
Councillor Eileen Ballard added that maybe people are not aware of the tip's opening hours and that it is still fly tipping if they leave it outside the gates.
East Lindsey has already dealt with more incidents of fly tipping compared with 1,447 across East Lindsey last year.
Portfolio holder for the environment at East Lindsey District Council, Councillor Tony Bridges, said: "The district council takes the issue of fly tipping very seriously and where hard evidence is available as to who is responsible action is taken.
"Over the past year there has been a significant increase in the number of fly tips in East Lindsey and the council continues to work proactively to tackle the issue."
6 Comments
by 6292kath
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 2:13PM
“It doesn't help that there is no Enforcement Officer in the Lincolnshire County Council Environmental Management Section - as she has been sacked for gross misconduct and is appealing, so this will drag out for months on end, whilst she is on full pay of over £30,000!!!! If you don't believe me, contact council - freedom on information”
by A-Jay
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 1:27PM
“It's a neat trick by the County Council to reduce the opening hours because it was inevitable that this would lead to increased fly-tipping. Surely they knew this? Of course they did, but it isn't their problem.
Fly tipping is the District Council's responsibility rather than the County Councils so the District Council has to pay for the clear up costs. So it isn't a case of the ELDC taking the decision to cut hours, this was forced on us all by those in County Hall in Lincoln. A disgraceful decision, especially when we are supposed to be recyling more these days. Hugely inconvenient and, from what I can see, causing big tailbacks at the centre in Skegness over the weekend and making the inevitable traffic problems worse come the summer.
I'm not one to support any Council by any means but if you are going to criticise at least get the facts right.”
by Dixie9
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 11:07AM
“I want to take some rubbish to the tip, but finding a time when I'm free and the tip is open is not easy! There's little wonder that fly-tipping is on the increase. It must have been obvious to the council that this would happen when they reduced opening hours, so why are they willing to let it happen?”
by Lincolnblue
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 9:33AM
“How utterly predictable. Recycling centres open for less hours, bin collections every fortnight, no green waste collected in the winter (and now a £25 charge), charges rise for one-off collections and gosh by golly wow the incidents of people dumping their rubbish rises. I expect the next stunning revelation from our short-sighted leaders will be a rise in the numbers of rats, flies and other pests. Never mind, I'm sure they worked out they're still better off financially, which is all that matters, isn't it?”
by rick29
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 9:24AM
“most likely be cheaper to extend the opening hours instead of cleaning up the flytipping all the time. but thats a common sense approach and thats something that is missing from councils”
by Whiley45
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 9:17AM
“Less opening hours at the tips equates to more flytipping. More flytipping equates to more clean-up costs to the Council.Is this a difficult equation to solve. For our district council it obviously is!”