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Never Forgotten
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I've been meaning to do the same on the lane leading to the farm. Thing is, what do you do with the stuff collected ? Up to our limit on what can be collected by the bin man as it is ( could this be one reason for it being there in the first place ? ) At least a dozen fly tipped bags in the layby. What's in them ? If it's asbestos, it'll be costly to sort out.... ( another reason ? If there was an amnesty at council tips, 50% of fly tipping would stop IMO )
About 20 years ago, a Ford Sierra was abandoned in the same place. I managed to squeeze just about all the fly tipped car tyres / bags / and other crap into it. Car taken away, job done. :cool:
 

Dry Rot

Member
Livestock Farmer
All the above is fly tipping and littering. But what do you do when it's next door? Long story which I won't bother you with here! But can a landowner fly tip on his own land? Asking for legal reasons!
 

Ffermer Bach

Member
Livestock Farmer
In Japan , I cycled over 700 miles and walked probably at least another 50 , in that time we saw 1 piece of litter. Such a strange thing there, we remarked on it.
such a sad world here, local bypass probably has 1 piece per inch.:mad::mad::mad:
Don't the Japanese children clean their schools before they start classes in the morning?
 

Paddington

Member
Location
Soggy Shropshire
Blame modern car design for the waste coffee cups, if your car didn't have half a dozen cup holders would you risk driving miles with a steaming hot cup of tea perched on the nearest flat surface ?
Ditto curry hooks.
 
Having done some ditch clearing work myself over the holidays I was idly thinking about the distance one can drive whilst the fast food is consumed after which it is hurled out of the window. We are 4 miles from the local outlet and given how much rubbish there is, it must be the 4 mile radius for peak disposal!
But seriously, being kind to the takeaway customers eating on the move, I can understand they would not want all the debris in the car for the remainder of the journey. Yes if they were thoughtful they would set out with some carrier bags, and they should not even think about throwing things out of the window, but would it be better if the fast food outlet supplied a sealable bag (as used for parcels) and encourage their use before disposal when they get home? Yes there is a cost but the polluter can pay.
it takes a McDonald eater 7 miles to eat and dispose of their rubbish as we are 7 miles out and that is what litters our verges
 

gatepost

Member
Location
Cotswolds
Just the same here, on side of a rat run, but have a gang of semi retired folk who do a good job, but its a cultural problem last time i went to france it was noticibly cleaner, makes all this talk of caring for the enviroment laid at our door go a bit hard, maybe our well known naturalists and enviormental campaigners could be persuaded to start shouting in their columns and on spring watch, maybe Mr Heap could jump up and down on Country file. the only problem is a lot comes from an underclass of illiterate morons, so bring back the stocks
 
I've been meaning to do the same on the lane leading to the farm. Thing is, what do you do with the stuff collected ? Up to our limit on what can be collected by the bin man as it is ( could this be one reason for it being there in the first place ? ) At least a dozen fly tipped bags in the layby. What's in them ? If it's asbestos, it'll be costly to sort out.... ( another reason ? If there was an amnesty at council tips, 50% of fly tipping would stop IMO )
About 20 years ago, a Ford Sierra was abandoned in the same place. I managed to squeeze just about all the fly tipped car tyres / bags / and other crap into it. Car taken away, job done. :cool:
If you leave it on the verge, bagged up, the council will pick it up around here.
The first year we did it we had 17 bags in a trailer behind the landrover.
My wife rang the council to ask for it to be cleared and they said if on your property your responsibility, she was quick enough to say that it was still on the verge and they turned up on New Years day and took it.
 

Dry Rot

Member
Livestock Farmer
The answer appears to be bigger fines and more of them. Presumably there comes a point when it is self financing.
Singapore: Laws To Know Before You Go Singapore is known for its impeccable cleanliness and low crime rate. The country has such a strong reputation for being safe that the authorities had to put out a warning stating that “low crime does not mean no crime,” reminding people to stay vigilant. But, as with most good things, the high regard the country gets for its cleanliness and safety comes with a price. Singapore is sometimes called “The Fine City,” but this title has a double meaning that you don’t want to be on the wrong end of. The label refers to the immaculate, or fine, state that Singapore is in, but also for the many different fines the country imposes.
 

Becs

Member
Location
Wiltshire
I found a bag full of lunch-rubbish in our field next to the railway bridge where some contracted railway-workers had been the day before. I went searched through the bag and in it found a time sheet with the companies name on. Took a bit of time on the computer to find the name of the MD of the company but eventually got through to him and reported what I'd found. End result - a ÂŁ50 M&S voucher, bouquet of flowers and 2 hand written letter of apology from the dirty barstewards who'd chucked the rubbish. The MD also rang me back to tell me that both employees had received written warnings. Similar thing happened when rail workers parked in our farm gateway and later I found an empty milk carton (they'd been having their one-of-many tea breaks) chucked down. I rang the company and insisted that they send the same guys back to pick up their litter (which they did).
I can't stand filthy people.
 

puppet

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
sw scotland
Having done some ditch clearing work myself over the holidays I was idly thinking about the distance one can drive whilst the fast food is consumed after which it is hurled out of the window. We are 4 miles from the local outlet and given how much rubbish there is, it must be the 4 mile radius for peak disposal!
But seriously, being kind to the takeaway customers eating on the move, I can understand they would not want all the debris in the car for the remainder of the journey. Yes if they were thoughtful they would set out with some carrier bags, and they should not even think about throwing things out of the window, but would it be better if the fast food outlet supplied a sealable bag (as used for parcels) and encourage their use before disposal when they get home? Yes there is a cost but the polluter can pay.
There are no bins in laybys and they are too lazy to stop anyway, just easier to put a finger on the window button.
For most of them round here their journey will be in the next town 10 minutes away so they could easily take it home. Attitude is that someone else is paid to do it, what do I pay my taxes for, etc.
 

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