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Has anyone been up Sandy Lane Accy recently. There has been a waggon load of conifer tree cuttings been dumped outside the gates of the gas booster station about 100 yards past the roundabout. They seem to go after dark and dump their rubbish. There is also some household waste dumped at the top of Plantation Road. probably dumped by some unscrupulous landlord clearing out his property.

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It's the same everywhere, the travellers make their money cutting hedges and trees then dump them, I do feel that sometimes the tip make it hard work

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Last week I found a load of tyres dumped on the track from Plantation St down to the allotments. There's some real nominals about

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Ya they don't help wadey, last week I put a plastic draining board rack out with the recycling, it was plastic it was still there when they returned my bags, yet they took plastic bottles:confused:

Some plastics they won't recycle, too heavy for the three or four year old Indians to lift, (H&S), when we dump container loads of the stuff on their toxic wastelands.
Please don't think we are being good when we attempt to re-cycle!

OMG, I'm, sounding like our Mags.

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Opposite my house is a small field. Last October some idiot dumped a pile of rubbish that must have taken a small lorry to carry.Tyres TV sets and general rubbish strewn all over the place.So I ring up the council and they send a refuse wagon and a gang of men to shift it Simple eh?Not on your life!!This is private land. so we cant shift it.It has to stay where it is until we find who owns the land and then the owner will shift it.
That was over 4 months ago, and the rubbish is still there.They cant find the owner of the land, so the rubbish has to stay where it is.I have tried all the varoius health agencies,but no one will accept responsibility for the rubbish.Now the problem is starting to grow as all the fly-tippers in the area think it is OK to dump rubbish next to the original pile.So the problem goes on and on.Where will it end?Who knows? Who cares?

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Well Less when they keep bleating on about recycling and you try to do your bit, maybe they should issue a list of just which plastics we throw in the blue box or in the waste bin, may save a bit of time, na forget that that's too easy for HBC:rolleyes: ps na you'll have a long way to go before you become like Mags:D

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I sympathise Jim. We live on a private road with a quiet back lane which is a haven for fly tippers. Because the land is private we have to shift any rubbishh ourselves be it TVs fridges or whatever. Each house owns the bit of the back lane outside their house and some householders ignore their responsibility for this, it's outside the back gate so who cares attitude, so the lane ends uo looking like a shanty town.

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John different plastics are different chemically so have to recycled by different methods. If all were thrown in the same bin they would have to be sorted by hand before processing. All plastics should be stamped with a numbered symbol and some letters telling you what it's made of. Here in Morecambe we have been told just what plastics we can put out for recycling and it shouldn't be too difficult for HBC to do the same.

Plastics labels

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum.../dg_186091.jpg
There are seven different plastics labels, all made up of a triangle symbol with a number inside from 1 to 7.
The majority of local authorities recycle symbols 1 and 2. You can find out about all the types of plastics on WRAP's website.

Types of plastic: WRAP

Symbols 1 and 2 cover mainly bottles for milk, toiletries, cleaners etc. That is what most councils collect. Symbol 4 is ordinary polythene like bags and the wrapping off junk mail etc. We collect ours, doesn't take long to fill up a carrier bag, and take it to Morrisons who recycle it. I think other supermarkets may do so as well.

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I've reported the flytipping at the top of Sandy Lane and the stuff on Plantation Road, should be dealt with this week

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Clare, maybe it is because Jim lives in Hull. He needs to contact the powers that be in his neck of the woods.

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She obviously hasn't noticed that he lives in Hull...

Might be worth a try though Jim! :hehetable

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I did notice but too late, I've now edited my post

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just be thankful you lot don't live in Blackburn, we have to pay BwD council to remove household items, i'm surprised we don't have more fly tipping around here

is it still free in Hyndburn?

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They have plenty in Blackburn Shaz I've a mate on another website who is always on about it with pictures to match

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i meant where i live John, no one ever dumps owt around here

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Bulky Waste Collections - Bulky Waste Collections in Hyndburn

Some things can't qualify for collection, and there's a 6 items per month limit.

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6 PER MONTH? kin ell thats really good, thats 72 items removed FREE a year

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Bulky/large item collection service : Refuse - household waste : Environment and waste : Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/upload/p...llocations.pdf

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A 3 piece suite counts as three

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yeah but you can get rid of 2, 3 piece suites a month Margaret ;)

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Cheers Clare

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Or a three peice suite, a fridge, freezer and washer, sorted:D

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There has been a lorry load of asbestos dumped at the rear entrance to Owl Hall in Plantation Road

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last week a cream sofa was dumped at the top of fielding lane ossy and was partially in the road.As it was raining i decided to keep on driving and rang the police to tell them about it and to contact whoever needed to be contacted to move it.The next day i went past it was still there but someone had taken the effort to set fire to it.It is still there dumped at the side of the road or should i say the remains of it are

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Where are our councillors when you need them?

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Is the asbestos still there Frank.? The Council do know about it. I'll find out what we are doing to remove it.

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It was there yesterday afternoon.

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next time i drive past ill do my best to chuck something out the car window for you .

hate to see you feel left out an all that :)

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i rang our council before the summer holidays about a bag full of meat and bones that had been dumped with some bin bags and had been ripped open by animals, it was during that hot weather and it stunk.... 2 weeks later it was still there even tho the woman said someone would go straight round

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If ever a country had completely lost its way in the disposal of rubbish, its the UK.

At the end of the day, the Council are responsible for ensuring that all waste is properly disposed of.

It intrigues me when I read of Bin Collection wagons 'leaving behind' items of rubbish because they don't comply with the Council's strict rules regarding what they will collect. Does the Council think the non-collected items will vanish into thin air because they don't collect them? At some point, they will have to be collected and disposed of.

And a visit to a Council tip now ranks somewhere between the reception counter at a Nazi concentration camp and the departure gate at a Ryanair flight. Every one of your credentials is examined by a member of staff chosen specifically for their lack of charm and downright rudeness, and woe betide anyone who has something that doesn't fit into one of their pigeon holes. Try turning up at a Council tip with a brick wrapped in silver foil and the label 'Danger - Asbestos' and see the reaction.

Its little wonder people go and fly tip down country lanes. Horrible for the local residents, but completely the blame of the system.

In Spain, they have 'basuras' where people can dump everything including fridges, washing machines and three piece suites. The Council don't ask questions and wouldn't begin to dream of making a charge. They simply do their job and clear the basura every day, including Sundays.

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If residents report any fly tipping to us Councillors we will always ask for it to be removed. People don't always let us know - our contact details are on the Council website.

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The asbestos is still there today 28th October. It is rapidly being covered with falling leaves

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Think yourself lucky it could have been covered by more asbestos.

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The asbestos up Plantation Road is still there today depite certain councillors knowing about it.

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Because the land where the asbestos has been dumped is private land, its taking a lot longer to safely remove it than all of us would have hoped. The Council is doing a land search at the moment to see owns the land. Its not an ideal situation, but the Council unfortunately has to go through this procedure.

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Thanks for your reply Bernard. It's nice to be updated. I hope you find the landowner ASAP

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8 days and counting..who's doing the land search? Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles?

The 'jobsworth' enforcement officers employed by the council are more interested in slapping stickers on pensioners wheeliebins than dealing with 'real' waste issues.

Thank God you don't have hurricane Sandy to deal with....'Oh hang on, it'll take a couple of weeks to find the landowner before we can move the Tanker leaking toxic waste on Dutton Street.'

Asbestos is dangerous....move it..then worry about who to charge

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My missus walked up Plantation Road this afternoon with Max and the people who have the stables off Plantation Road were moving this rubbish themselves as it was blocking their access to the stable.What they called the council cannot be repeated.

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That could lead in this P.C. world to them being prosecuted, not just for H&S to the community, but not protecting themselves.
Of course they want it moved, but how are they moving it and where to?

Another can of worms might just be happening.
:(