Fridges, carpets, doors, tyres and kitchens were among the waste illegally dumped in North East Lincolnshire. Photo: North East Lincolnshire Council
Nearly 400 tonnes of waste was illegally dumped in North East Lincolnshire in 2018 including fridges, carpets, doors, tyres and kitchens.
It cost North East Lincolnshire Council £87,700 in disposal costs alone after more than 380 tonnes of rubbish was fly-tipped in the borough last year.
The cost was much higher though due to staff time needed to investigate and clear the site. This is also due to work that doesn’t get done because staff are pulled away from other duties.
There were 1,858 fly-tips reported to the council in 2018 – an average of 36 incidents each week.
Six offenders have been prosecuted by the council’s compliance team in recent months. There are also a number of ongoing investigations for offences that occurred in December 2018.
More than £11,000 was spent on one incident alone in a lay-by off Hewitt’s Avenue in Cleethorpes.
Hewitt’s Avenue
Rubbish dumped at the Tesco lay-by on Hewitt’s Avenue in Cleethorpes. Photo: North East Lincolnshire Council
As previously reported, it cost the council £6,075 to remove all of the waste and clear the lay-by where 80 tonnes of waste had been dumped from several homes and businesses.
There was an added cost of more than £5,000 to install temporary barriers to prevent more fly-tipping.
Two men have been prosecuted in connection with this offence.
Council crackdown
Before and after photos of a separate incident at the previously rubbish-filled Cleethorpes lay-by. Photo: North East Lincolnshire Council
North East Lincolnshire Council is cracking down on fly-tipping with CCTV cameras being installed at ‘bring to’ recycling sites.
Social media monitoring and engaging with residents will also take place.
Council officers are also visiting local businesses to check they are complying with their legal requirements.
The compliance team has carried out hundreds of checks on businesses in the East and West Marsh. Only a few businesses were issued with a £300 fixed penalty notice and follow-up checks to ensure compliance.
This will be rolled out in other areas of North East Lincolnshire.
‘Legal duty of care’
Portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities, Councillor David Bolton, said: “Everyone has a legal ‘duty of care’ to ensure their household or business waste is disposed of correctly. If it’s your waste, it’s your responsibility.
“Fly-tipping is a national problem and has been on the rise for the past five years.
“We find time and again that people are being paid to get rid of waste such as furniture, old bathroom fittings, fridges and freezes, building products or garden clippings, and then dumping it illegally.
“This is being done on an industrial scale by criminals with no respect for the environment.”
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The 32-year-old man and 30-year-old woman arrested in the murder probe of an 11-year-old boy in Lincoln have both been released on police bail, without any charges.
The man was arrested on suspicion of murder and the woman on suspicion of manslaughter after an incident at a house on Geneva Street on St Giles in Lincoln.
Police were called to the house at 10pm on Friday night, January 22.
The 11-year-old boy was found unwell at the scene and was taken to hospital for treatment.
He was pronounced dead a short time later.
At the time Lincolnshire Police said the death was unexplained and it was treated as murder.
The man and the woman arrested at the weekend were released on police bail on Monday evening.
Lincolnshire Police said in a statement on Monday night:
“Once again, we’d like to remind people that this is an active investigation and that an 11-year-old boy has sadly lost his life.
“Speculative comments are not only deeply upsetting to those involved but can potentially undermine our investigation.
“If you have any information that can help, call 101 or email [email protected] quoting incident 472 of January 22.”
Ten people from Boston have been given fines for breaching COVID-19 regulations by driving dangerously in supermarket car parks.
Officers were called after three separate reports of dangerous driving in the car parks of Lidl and Tesco in Wyberton Fen, as well as on Marsh Lane Industrial Estate in Boston.
All three incidents took place and were reported to police between 5pm and 6pm on Sunday, January 24, though it is unsure if they were connected at all.
When officers arrived, the drivers were seen doing donut manoeuvres and racing in the snow.
A total of 10 people were given £200 fines for breaking lockdown guidelines, but this will be reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days, due to all being first time offenders.
As well as the COVID-19 fines, two of the vehicles were also seized as a result of being uninsured, with drivers reported.
A traffic offence report was also submitted after one driver was seen to be driving not just dangerously but out of control.
Inspector Fran Harrod of Lincolnshire Police said: “We would like to thank the public for bringing these incidents of dangerous driving to our attention.
“This is not only extremely dangerous to those taking part but to others in these areas.
“While we continue to engage and explain with the public, this was a blatant breach of the restrictions which will not be tolerated.”
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