Norwich Residents Request Cameras to Catch Fly Tipping Fraudsters

In 2013/14 fly tipping cost local authorities an estimated £45.2 million, a staggering amount of money which could have been better invested. With this in mind, Norwich homeowners are at the end of their tether with the amount of fly tipping that is left abandoned near local recycling centres. Norwich Residents Neil Bowers, a homeowner who lives near to where the fly-tipping has become an issue, is asking for Norwich City Council to install cameras in the area. Unwanted materials such as prams and mattresses are just a few of the items that have been left along Friar Tuck Road, Norwich. Mr Bowers said in a recent interview with the EDP: "We are constantly blighted by fly tipping opposite the Co-op. and although the council is very good at clearing it up, usually with a day of a complaint, 24 to 48 hours later and the rubbish is starting to build up again. "I would like some form of cameras there, so they can charge people and prosecute them to act as a deterrent, because the signs don't work." The city council said it received 25 reports of fly tipping on Friar Tuck Road in 2014, however, since the start of 2015 there have only been four reports at the same spot. Keith Driver, cabinet member for clean streets, refuse ad recycling, said in an interview with the EDP: "The council is aware of fly tipping at some of the city's recycling bring banks, including the one at Tuckswood shops. Fly tipping is a criminal offence, not to mention an anti-social problem which blights neighbourhoods, costs taxpayers' money and can cause health hazards. "I would take this opportunity to urge people to spend just that little bit of extra time to take their waste to the right place and dispose of it properly." Waste Management At WT Skip Hire we are very conscious about being environmentally friendly so ensure all the waste we collect from our skips is taken to our recycling centre. We sort through each skip and divide the waste up into different recycling containers. This allows us to deal with the different types of waste we receive such as wood, metals, glass and textiles. For further information on fly tipping in Norfolk, visit the Norfolk County Council website.