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AIBU about fly tipping....

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MrsGentlyBenevolent · 29/08/2015 17:48

Just gone out the front of my house, and some cunt has once again dumped about a month's worth of rubbish in the alley by my house, and by the front window. No, my area isn't the nicest, but it's usually a quiet street, sort of place kids can play around without too much worry or bother. I'm pretty sure it's someone near by, our street is quite closed off and only those who know the area would know exactly where to come to dump this crap. The rubbish also looks domestic - one has been left to spill over and there's certainly evidence of young children judging by the fouled nappy, along with dog things (I feel for both children and animals having to live with such dirty, selfish bastards).

Last time this happened, the council said it was our problem, due to the fact the alley leads to our gated-off back garden. So, would I be unreasonable to wait until it's dark, and move all the bags to the middle of the fucking road? Hell, why even bother with night-time, my partner left for work at 10.30am, never mentioned a thing, so can only assume these brazen bastards did it in broad daylight. Or shall I find a thick pair of gloves, sift through the shit and hopefully find some evidence of an address? Would very much like to "return to sender" Angry.

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Fatmomma99 · 29/08/2015 17:53

I would be wary of wading through someone else's rubbish, just in case there are needles or broken glass in there. Can understand why you'd move it if the council won't collect if from where it is. Is the alley private (in your deeds?), because if it's council-owned, they really ought to be responsible for cleaning it.
Who maintains it?

After it's gone, why not put up a big sign saying "CCTV in operation". Might deter them next time?

MrsGentlyBenevolent · 29/08/2015 18:00

I have thought about a sign, can't afford an actual camera (plus, private renting, not sure if landlord would approve). I very likely won't do anything in terms of touching it - at 8 months pregnant I don't want to risk my health. The council come around quite a lot (there's some green in the area, so they are around), I'm not sure about who owns the alley - I just can't face clearing all those bags. Mostly I'm just so angry, it's bad enough our rubbish bin goes missing for weeks on end. I'd hoped to move before our baby arrived - I hate the front of our house looking like dirty bastards live here, so angry a person would do this to someone else!

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Dieu · 29/08/2015 18:18

So pissboilingly annoyed for you OP, that's awful.

Dieu · 29/08/2015 18:20

Ooh, would the council maybe take action if you told them that you'd seen rats running around and explained that you are heavily pregnant? It seems very unfair for you to have to deal with it.

catzpyjamas · 29/08/2015 18:24

If you can safely find evidence of an address, report it to local council cleansing department. They should have a policy on flytipping.
Where we are, the council will take reports seriously and confront the culprits.

catzpyjamas · 29/08/2015 18:27

Also our neighbours put up signs EVERYWHERE saying CCTV in operation, flytippers would be reported. There is no CCTV, only signs but it did stop it move it to another area probably

lanbro · 29/08/2015 18:28

That's disgusting. A couple of streets away someone piled a load of old garden toys and other crap next to their recycle bin on bin day last week. Obviously it wasn't taken so is still languishing on the pavement! If it's still there tomorrow I'm going to report it as presumably belongs to the owners of the bin, idiots

MrsGentlyBenevolent · 29/08/2015 18:32

I hate sending a bloke to do it, but may ask my partner to safely have a quick look through the bags. Our local council can be hit and miss, very quick to whine about mess, but take weeks to do anything such as sending us (yet another) new bin. I am worried about rats, also about the young kids going near it and harming themselves.

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bessarabiantiger · 30/08/2015 09:49

Local newspaper, you'd be amazed how quickly the council buck their ideas up when confronted with a journalist running a piece on 'council ignore flytipping danger to pregnant woman & small children'.

Birdsgottafly · 30/08/2015 16:15

Fly tipping is getting worse were I live, but I don't blame those doing it.

Everyone has been hit by the cuts and bedroom tax, there just isn't money for van hire or skips.

The Council used to put two skips in my area every few months, but the budgets gone for that.

However, if these are people who have cars, disposable income, that is very different, people tend to put their rubbish in the empty gardens, not by someone's back door.

WorktoLive · 30/08/2015 17:22

There is no excuse for fly tipping, birds, none at all.

people do it because they are selfish arseholes. Everyone hasn't been affected by the bedroom tax or other cuts and they would fly tip whether or not they were.

MrsGentlyBenevolent · 30/08/2015 17:30

I can understand being affected by the bedroom tax. I cannot relate that to thirteen full bags of rubbish being dumped by my house. I can see through some, and they certainly can afford brand name items. I've lived in a council estate, we never would have treated neighbours like this. Whoever did it had no shame, not no money.

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Melawen · 30/08/2015 17:38

That's just shocking. How hard is it to drive it all to the dump?! Shame that your council are useless too - threaten them with the press.

WorktoLive · 30/08/2015 17:43

It will be trade waste that the trader doesn't want to pay to get rid of.

You know those tradespeople who work for cash and don't pay the correct amount of income tax or VAT? Well they don't pay to dispose of their rubbish either.

Despite 'the cuts' I'm sure householders still have a free household collection service, will be able to call up to get bulky waste collected a certain number of times per year, and will be able to take a perhaps limited amount of waste to the dump - if they have a vehicle to take it to dump in the OPs lane, they could also take it to the dump.

Traders have to pay to get rid of their rubbish but not everyone does so.

Griphook · 30/08/2015 17:52

You can buy a camera in pound land, it doesn't work but you'd never know sick one of those up, but I'd move the rubbish in the night as well

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