Ugh. I am not at home at the moment so can’t take a pic to report on Fix My Street. I did notice another small fly tip there Wednesday evening (I think) but it was gone by Thursday evening. This seems to be happening quite regularly.
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Yeah I saw it being cleared on both Thursday and Friday mornings.
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One of my ideas for a website was “community CCTV”
The website records footage from the Internet-connected cameras of its members (opt in of course), and then the footage is historically-browsable by others who live in the same area. Cameras could be set up facing out of top floor windows, for example. They’d help the police catch crooks.
Despite it being legal to post footage of public areas online, of course there are probably many practical and ethical flaws in this idea!
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Sounds like a good thought though mate. Like you say, just fraught with hurdles
Hi all
what can be done about this fly tipping still someone one is doing this that makes the place look untidy and its if not cleaned up we will start attracting more people doing this and rats.
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Any identifying features on that suitcase? I suspect this is a dodgy “waste removal” company at work, and if we can trace back to the customer, we can find out the company they used.
And here is another fly tip which has gone uncleared for a number of days. This one I’ve reported through Fix My Street. I’ve also just written to the ward councilors for their feedback. But honestly. Jim Dowd’s constituency office is not but 20 metres from this corner. You’d think they might have a concern too.
It seems when reported it gets cleared in a quick amount of time… but its not long until something else shows up.
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That’s been long cleared. I hadn’t thought of checking that and am not inclined to get amongst this type of waste myself. I would hope the Council is doing some investigation when they clear it.
The Council is pretty efficient at clearing this. But of course, clearing it (regularly) just encourages some people to believe that dumping here (or anywhere else on the public streets) is somehow acceptable. It is not.
If there is some reasonable chance of identifying the perpetrators, either by witnessing details of persons or vehicles ‘in the act’, or by information contained in items dumped, the Council will consider prosecuting. When convictions are secured, they will seek maximum publicity to deter others. If any SE23 members want to email me (address from Council website) with such evidence, I’m happy to pass it on if they wish to remain anonymous.
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Thank you John for your response here on to my direct request. As I mentioned in my response to you, I would like to see the council take a more proactive approach to this specific problem spot given the frequency of dumping. Very much appreciate your offer to pass on information though.
Sofa and chair gone. Replaced by a mattress.
Quite handy for a quick nap en-route home from the pub tho?
Possibly. I was coming home from work.
I reported this via ‘fix my street’ this morning. It’s so dense with reports in that location!
Oh. So did I. I saw another one but noted it was marked in the wrong location. I think you have yours marked at the corner of Sunderland and Stanstead Road.
You’re right. I did it on the mobile app and the maps are pretty sketchy on that. I’ll take it down as you’ve got it on there already.
Hopefully someone pays attention to all of these reports.
On a separate note, does anyone know if that is a bat box on the tree where all of these items are dumped?
And the mattress is now gone. But there’s a load of old shit now piled up a the corner of Stansted/Sunderland Roads.