The council has vowed to “leave no stone unturned” in tracking down fly-tippers who dumped tonnes of waste next to a community orchard.
Dog walkers discovered building rubble, bin bags and household goods piled high on the slip road next to the Racehill Community Orchard yesterday morning.
Lead councillor for the environment Tim Rowkins said: “We are investigating this appalling case of fly-tipping and will be collating evidence to identify those responsible.
“We have a zero tolerance approach to fly-tipping of any sort. Once those responsible are identified, we will be looking to prosecute them.
“The fact that somebody would even consider dumping waste right in the middle of an access route to such a beautiful location used by our communities is frankly unbelievable.
“I will leave no stone unturned in identifying the perpetrator.
“If anyone has any information, cctv or ring doorbell footage in this area that might help our investigation, please email it to our environmental enforcement team at EnvironmentalEnforcement@brighton-hove.gov.uk.”
Was never a problem until councils started charging.
I’ve been to the tip at Wilson Ave maybe a dozen times in the past few months and never been charged.
Maybe you’re thinking of commercial companies that charge to take away rubbish. In which case, they are being paid to dispose of waste, not fly tip it on our countryside.
Perhaps direct your ire at the people flytipping.
Certainly much worse now the council’s charging. It’ll most probably cost much more to collect all the flt-tips. Plus, bulky waste collection seems more complicated now, whereas previously prices were clear, plus didn’t have to stockpile items until have minimum 3 items for collection.
There isn’t a 3 item minimum for bulky waste.
The standard £60 fee is for up to three items.
https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/rubbish-recycling-and-streets/recycling/getting-rid-large-and-electrical-household-items
And the council has been charging for some considerable time. It’s not a new thing.
Thanks Chris C. I thought they’d changed the charging structure for businesses, and seemed to remember that although something needed to be done, it would discourage trades from going to official sites. Hence one solution creates another in my view.
However, as I use bulky waste collections, I’ll comment on that. To me the pricing structure was much clearer before when someone called Steve ran it. My interpretation of “We charge a minimum of £60 for up to 3 items. Each extra item is charged at £12 per item and white goods are £45 per item”, is that if I have 1 item only then it would still cost £60.00. Rightly or wrongly, that’s how it seems to me. I think, next time I have bulky waste, I may contact bulky waste services first, but in my head have already been making mental notes of clearance people I’ve seen about. Yes, I will check if they’re legitimate, and will choose which is going to be the simplest, easiest, legal option for me.
Scrap tip fees. It’s far cheaper for the council to remove all barriers to people using the proper facilities than pay for fly-tipping clear ups and prosecutions after the damage is done. BHCC sell our rubbish to Veolia in any case so it’s no skin off their nose.
Someone keeps dumping tyres next to the allotments at the top of bear road. Council don’t even bother cleaning it up and no CCTV so until they actually get a bit pro active this will continue to be a problem
I believe one of the problems with bulky waste, at least on a resident level, is that the cost is prohibitive to doing it the proper ways, when flytipping fines are equal or less than the cost to move bulky waste properly, it’s worth it to many to chance it.
We were considering doing some more free amnesty days for various areas in Brighton, a way for people to clear out their old stuff and tackle it on big swoop. I believe Whitehawk did it not too long ago and cleared LOADS.
When you say “We were considering doing some more free amnesty days for various areas in Brighton”, who is the “we” here Benjamin?
My Residents Association, we was also discussed at one of the Resident Area Panels. I’ve got your email, can always pop a message over.
There’s low level fly tipping on many residential streets. People can’t be bothered to properly dispose of things they own. Expect someone else to clear up their mess. There’s a basic problem with entitlement and lack of interest in keeping the streets tidy.
I do agree that there are a lot of instances where people flytip out of laziness and because they expect someone else to deal with it.
Ive noticed my rd getting dirtier & dirtier with dumped items. Imagine how life would be if we all just dumped rubbish outside in sts.
I’d been keen to work out the cost of running CCTV at the most profile flytipping spots compared to the cost of cleaning up the most profilc flytipping spots, and seeing if it would be a cost saving to make targeted fining of flytippers.
On the other hand, when it is decent furniture, I only recently learnt that the council will re-home that stuff free of charge.
This commitment to track down and prosecute fly-tippers is a crucial step in preserving our environment. Fly-tipping is not just a visual blight but poses serious threats to ecosystems and public health. It’s heartening to see authorities taking a strong stance against such irresponsible acts. Let’s hope these efforts lead to a cleaner and safer community for everyone.