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Protesters against the dumping of asbestos near one of North Somerset and Bristol’s main water sources are preparing to fight another planning battle.
A planning application to store 645,000 tonnes of “stable non-reactive hazardous waste” in Stowey Quarry in the Chew Valley has been re-advertised – with a decision expected later this year.
Concerned residents have now launched a second campaign to stop what they fear would be a “dangerous” development.
Tomorrow they are holding a protest at Chew Valley Lake, and they are encouraging people to make their views heard on the plans.
Oaktree Environmental wants to store waste in the quarry over the next 10 years – including asbestos.
Objectors have a number of fears, the main one being that asbestos particles could find their way into nearby Chew Valley Lake, which provides water for much of Bristol, North Somerset and North East Somerset.
They are also worried about the possibility of airborne asbestos particles affecting people’s health and an increase in the number of lorries using the area’s country roads to and from the quarry.
National Trust rangers found asbestos waste which was illegally dumped on Haresfield Beacon.
The National Trust whom have had to pay for the safe removal of the asbestos in ordered to ensure the area is clean and safe, is appealing to anyone whom witnesses illegal dumping to report it to the police.
The trust have had to deal with 9 incidents of rubbish dumping in the last few weeks and in each case they have had to pay for the correct disposal of it.
David Armstrong, Gloucestershire Countryside head ranger said:
“The asbestos was our biggest concern because it needs to be disposed of carefully by licensed contractors with the correct safety equipment.”
“It will cost us well over £1000 just to deal with that one incident, money which we would rather spend on improving the facilities for visitors to Haresfield and our other work on caring for the wildlife on these wonderful places.”
“If anybody does see any vehicles illegally dumping rubbish they should note the registration number and call the police.”
A village road has been closed after it was used as a dumping ground for a lorry load of commercial waste including asbestos.
An urgent appeal has now been made in a bid to catch those responsible for fly-tipping about three tonnes of rubbish in Lovers Lane, Great Bentley.
The large pile, which had to be cordoned off, contained a significant amount of asbestos which was taken away by specialist contractors yesterday morning.
The incident happened on Saturday evening in the road which links up with St Mary’s Road.
It was reported by a resident and Essex County Council Highways went out to carry out the traffic closure.
Tendring District Council (TDC) organised for the waste to be removed at a cost of about £1,000.
Bags of asbestos and large sheets have been illegally dumped in two areas of Leicester.
The waste was found on Freeman Road North in early November and a week later more was discovered at Thurnby Lodge Boys Club on Thurncourt Road.
In both cases, corrugated asbestos waste was found in large sheets or smashed up and sealed in plastic bags.
Leicester City Council’s environmental crime team said it was investigating.
‘Unlikely’ health treats:
Councillor Sarah Russell, one of the assistant city mayors, said if the asbestos material discovered was not disturbed by the public, it was “unlikely” to have any health implications to people.
Environmental health chiefs were called out to a country lane near Carlisle after this pile of asbestos was dumped at the roadside.
The corrugated asbestos sheeting was found over the weekend on the Cotehill to Armathaite Road, near to a quarry entrance.
It was spotted by Cumbrian Newspapers’ head of imaging, Stewart Blair, who took this photograph. “Whoever dumped it obviously knew what it was because they’d put a yellow label on top of it clearly saying asbestos.”
The discovery is just the latest in a series incidents where asbestos has been illegally dumped – probably because it would cost more to hire specialists to dispose of the asbestos safely.
The material in question had been broken up, which runs the risk of releasing dangerous fibres into the air.
Two lorry loads of rubbish, including bricks, rubble and asbestos, have been dumped on greenbelt land by fly-tippers.
The illegal rubbish tip appeared over the weekend, close to Delph Reservoir, on land off Stones Bank Road, Belmont, and was reported to landowner United Utilities yesterday.
Investigators said there were two loads dumped together — one from a demolition site and another of cardboard rolls and material cut-offs.
Blackburn with Darwen Council environmental crime officer Richard Waters was yesterday assessing the huge pile, looking for clues as to who may have dumped the rubbish.
Mr Waters said it was one of the biggest illegal tips he had seen in recent years.
Residents were horrified when they spotted the corrugated metal covered in asbestos – a material proven to cause serious illness like lung cancer – abandoned in Newland Road, Hornsey, at the back of Campsbourne Primary School, on Wednesday, August 17.
The fly tippers, branded “irresponsible” by neighbours who feared children would not know to keep away, left a note attached warning passers by of the asbestos.
Lesley Ramm, of nearby Campsfield Road, said: “What type of person would dump lethal asbestos on a housing estate near to a school and crèche?
“How irresponsible – just to save the cost of paying a qualified person to safely remove the asbestos.
“This takes fly tipping to a new low.”
A Cornwall haulage and skip hire boss has been handed a 12-month prison sentence suspended for two years, for illegally tipping asbestos waste in an area of “outstanding natural beauty”.
In an Environment Agency (EA) prosecution at Truro Crown Court, Michael Leah, director of Penzance-based Leah Ltd – which has gone into liquidation – was also ordered to pay £50,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act plus £4,000 costs.
During 2007 and 2008, Leah had illegally dumped waste, including asbestos, at three separate sites including two farms and a residential property in St Ives.
The court was told how about 9,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste were dumped at Trenoweth Farm, Gweek over a six-month period in 2007 and 2008.
Leah said he had only deposited three lorry loads of subsoil at Trenoweth Farm, but was unable to verify this by supplying the relevant waste transfer notes.
A total of five other hauliers had earlier pleaded guilty to illegally depositing and disposing of controlled waste at Trenoweth Farm in contravention of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
A GROUP of hauliers and the director of a skip hire company have been ordered to pay almost £100,000 in fines and costs for illegally tipping thousands of tonnes of waste at a farm near Helston in Cornwall.
Truro Crown Court heard the offenders had dumped around 9,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste at Trenoweth Farm, Gweek.
In addition to fines and costs, they were ordered to pay back profits they had made from their criminal activities under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Michael Leah, received a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years and was ordered to pay £50,000 under Proceeds of Crime plus £4,000 costs.
At the time of the offences, Leah was director of a haulage and skip hire company and operated a licensed Waste Transfer Station at Ludgvan near Penzance. Waste was taken to the transfer station for sorting before being sent off for recycling, reuse or disposal.
An investigation by the Environment Agency revealed that during 2007 and 2008 Leah had illegally dumped waste, including asbestos, at three separate sites including two farms and a residential property at St Ives.
More than 50 bags of asbestos have been dumped near a fishpond on Gelligaer Common in Caerphilly county.
Environment Agency Wales launched an investigation after a member of the public reported the find to Caerphilly council.
It said the material did not present a danger to human health, wildlife or pollution to the pond, and some was even bagged correctly.
The clean-up is likely to cost thousands of pounds, it added.
An agency spokesperson said: “It seems as if the people who did this knew what they were doing in terms of bagging the material. To then simply dump it like this is completely irresponsible.
A SWATHE of ancient woodland that was closed to the public after an asbestos scare earlier this year has now been reopened.
Wappenbury Wood, near Ryton and Princethorpe, was closed by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust in March after fears were raised that work in the wood had left asbestos embedded in newly-laid footpaths.
But the trust has re-opened Wappenbury, saying an “extensive and exhaustive” investigation found no harmful contamination in the woodland.
Ian Jelley, head of living landscapes at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, said “I’m pleased that we can give the all clear for the track at Wappenbury Wood.
“We are keen to work with all our partners, including the Forestry Commission, Warwick District Council and the local community, to ensure that the management of Wappenbury Wood will not only continue to benefit the rare and threatened species that are found here but will now also provide a locally sourced renewable and sustainable source of energy – and, just as importantly, is a great place for local people to enjoy a walk in the countryside.”
Two fly-tippers dumped 30 tons of asbestos in South Staffordshire countryside leaving a would-be employee to carry the can when they were spotted, a court heard.
The low-loader used was in the name of 20-year-old Oliver Franklin from Dudley, who signed as the registered owner on the promise of a driver’s job which never materialised.
He believed the pair when they said the vehicle had to be registered to him for him to drive it, he told the court.
Ali Tabari, prosecuting on behalf of South Staffordshire Council, said dog-walker Cyril Heathcock was suspicious when he saw a wagon loaded with rubbish, topped with a mattress, parked up on a bridle path in Himley as he took a stroll on May 13 last year.
When he returned to the scene a few minutes later, he saw the tipper offloading the pile onto the path where it had been joined by a skip lorry, Cannock Magistrates Court heard.
Mr Heathcock memorised the registration plate, and contacted the council. Officers found the padlock on the gate had been cut and two piles of rubbish dumped, one a 30-ton mound of hazardous asbestos and the other 40 tons of mixed builders’ waste.
A pile of asbestos is still laying in a village – more than six months after it was dumped, residents claim.
Frustrated villagers in Sutton Gault, near Ely, are demanding that the asbestos sheeting, which was left by flytippers last year, is removed.
They say the harmful material was dumped near their homes in November and that it has not yet been removed as East Cambs District Council and the Environment Agency cannot come to an agreement about whose responsibility it is.
However, both authorities insist the pile discarded in November was cleared and that the existing asbestos is a new pile, dumped more recently.
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