£7.6M LITTER CLEAN-UP BILL FOR DORSET AND NEW FOREST (From Dorset Echo)

What a surprise....you closed the rubbish tips and stopped traders getting rid of their rubbish and you were told that illegal dumping would escalate. Obviously nobody wants to see it but the reality is that small time tradesmen sometimes will dump rubbish rather than pay for it to be taken in at the dump. For those who dont know there are also minimum charges - a dump that I am aware of charges £52 minimum for vans to dump. Where's the incentive ?

With more and more people doing small jobs in their houses using individual trades then this problem is going to continue. We all know that rubbish needs to be got rid off so why allow the householder to get rid of this yet not allow the contractor who is doing the work.
I'm not a builder by the way but someone who has been doing his house up.

alumchineboy2 wrote:
What a surprise....you closed the rubbish tips and stopped traders getting rid of their rubbish and you were told that illegal dumping would escalate. Obviously nobody wants to see it but the reality is that small time tradesmen sometimes will dump rubbish rather than pay for it to be taken in at the dump. For those who dont know there are also minimum charges - a dump that I am aware of charges £52 minimum for vans to dump. Where's the incentive ? With more and more people doing small jobs in their houses using individual trades then this problem is going to continue. We all know that rubbish needs to be got rid off so why allow the householder to get rid of this yet not allow the contractor who is doing the work. I'm not a builder by the way but someone who has been doing his house up.

Isn't this about litter and not fly-tipping? I don't see anyone mentioning waste from traders or houses that have been done up.

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I'm sure there are less bins than there used to be. I was at a trainstation last year (cannot remember which one) and could not find one bin. Hardly encouraging is it?

alumchineboy2 wrote:
What a surprise....you closed the rubbish tips and stopped traders getting rid of their rubbish and you were told that illegal dumping would escalate. Obviously nobody wants to see it but the reality is that small time tradesmen sometimes will dump rubbish rather than pay for it to be taken in at the dump. For those who dont know there are also minimum charges - a dump that I am aware of charges £52 minimum for vans to dump. Where's the incentive ? With more and more people doing small jobs in their houses using individual trades then this problem is going to continue. We all know that rubbish needs to be got rid off so why allow the householder to get rid of this yet not allow the contractor who is doing the work. I'm not a builder by the way but someone who has been doing his house up.

Tradesmen charge enough, therefore they can afford to pay to tip. Its in their calculations for the job but they are greedy and dump it for free. Hippo Waste do big bags for rubbish from building work etc, not expensive when you consider they also collect it. £55 for a cubic yard.

Hello! Remember as a lad in the 70's the same message 'Keep Britain Tidy' afraid it's a fact of life and we have to budget for suitable roadsweepers (remember them!). One day we will all be assimilated to the borg and never break any law. bye-law, health advise, recycling initiative, political incorrectness, etc .... brave new world or 1984?

It really shouldn't have to be law... I just don't understand why people want to live in filth! I live on Lansdowne Road, and it seems to be the people who don't feel like working who leave all the litter (beer cans, takeaway food etc.), which I end up picking up (I leave the needles though!). Maybe these useless layabouts should be forced to litter pick in order to get their benefits!!! If they refuse then let them rot.

p.s. restricting rubbish dumps (which I also oppose) is not related to this issue. It's down to lack of respect, pride, and care for anyone else that causes it.

ciderscott wrote:
Hello! Remember as a lad in the 70's the same message 'Keep Britain Tidy' afraid it's a fact of life and we have to budget for suitable roadsweepers (remember them!). One day we will all be assimilated to the borg and never break any law. bye-law, health advise, recycling initiative, political incorrectness, etc .... brave new world or 1984?

Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated!

Drove by Headswell Avenue a few days ago, Two large white builders bags dumped on the pavement, spilling out rubbish. Someone must know something and maybe a reward offered would stop such things.

I will be taking part in the litter pick again this year and I encourage anyone who has the spare time to dedicate for just a few hours to find out more and come along. Believe it or not its a good day out in the forest, the company is usually good and you actually go home feeling like you've made a difference that has benefited such a wonderful area !

It doesnt matter how many litter bins you put out people will still drop litter .I live near a fast food takeaway which has 4 bins with in 10 meters of it and every morning i can go out there and find the bins empty but litter strewn all over the place.What it need is education from a young age that dropping litter is wrongand pride in your community.

club-promoter wrote:
I'm sure there are less bins than there used to be. I was at a trainstation last year (cannot remember which one) and could not find one bin. Hardly encouraging is it?

It's intentional; drop you're litter on the platform and you will be fined...Result.

arendea wrote:
I will be taking part in the litter pick again this year and I encourage anyone who has the spare time to dedicate for just a few hours to find out more and come along. Believe it or not its a good day out in the forest, the company is usually good and you actually go home feeling like you've made a difference that has benefited such a wonderful area !

Is there a pub on the route? (lunch only, of course).

"£7.6M LITTER CLEAN-UP BILL FOR DORSET AND NEW FOREST"

So clean it up during normal working hours.

Don't pay premium rates for Saturday and Sunday working !!

SURELY IT HAS TO BE CHEAPER TO LET EVERYONE THAT DUMP RUBBISH FREELY AT THE TIPS RATHER THAN PAY 7.6 MILLION TO CLEAR IT UP FROM THE ROADS.
THIS HAS ALL COME ABOUT BECAUSE COUNCILS TREAT EVERYONE AS A CASH COW AND TRIES TO EXTRACT AS MUCH MONEY FROM US ALL TO FUND THEIR PENSION FUNDS AND JOBSWORTHS.
ANY ONE WITH HALF A BRAIN COULD SEE THAT IF YOU HAVE TO PAY TO DO SOMETHING SOME PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO DO IT FOR FREE AND IN THESE TIMES OF MONEY SHORTAGES FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL TAXED TO DEATH, WHO CAN BLAME THEM.

arendea wrote:
I will be taking part in the litter pick again this year and I encourage anyone who has the spare time to dedicate for just a few hours to find out more and come along. Believe it or not its a good day out in the forest, the company is usually good and you actually go home feeling like you've made a difference that has benefited such a wonderful area !

I could not agree more, it is certainly a karma booster. What ever happened to the unwritten law of taking nothing but photos and memories and leaving nothing but imprints of footsteps.

What do those sentenced to "community service" actually do? Isn't this the ideal project?

WIGGINSv wrote:

arendea wrote: I will be taking part in the litter pick again this year and I encourage anyone who has the spare time to dedicate for just a few hours to find out more and come along. Believe it or not its a good day out in the forest, the company is usually good and you actually go home feeling like you've made a difference that has benefited such a wonderful area !

Is there a pub on the route? (lunch only, of course).

Lol - yes quite a few depending on which area you go to !

The signs on the Bins should read 'Thanks, you've just saved yourself £50 by using this Bin'.....and there should be more 'Hitlers' employed as litter and/or Dog wardens too, someone who can actually catch people? The amount of Dog faeces on the pavements and in the Hedges is getting beyond a joke... If I catch someone walking their Dog and leaving the smelly 'path-bomb' bagged up and throw in the Hedge I might just have to cr@p in a bag and throw it on their lawn, see how they like it....

I reckon thats a drop in the ocean 7.5 etc.The mind boggles ....the whole of Dorset.££££££�
�£££££££££ in revenue !!..who,s to say that article was'nt a put up job by the council's