Fly-tipped waste needs to be removed swiftly
Fly-tipping is not only costly, bad for the environment, and ugly, but it is also illegal. Due to the increased cost of waste disposal fly-tipping has become more prevalent. Waste management has become more important than ever as we aim to recycle and reuse rather than simply landfill. This is a move in the right direction but it has led to a series of knock-on effects. Local tips have become more popular and hence more time is used up visiting. Some unscrupulous waste removal contractors charge for site clearance, and then simply fly-tip the waste they have collected, pocketing the extra profit gained by not disposing of the waste in an environmentally friendly manner. Many councils have reduced tip opening hours to save money for over-stretched local council budgets. Most tips now have more stringent conditions in place to ensure that people who should be paying for their waste disposal are doing so. All these measures have increased the incidents of fly-tipped rubbish over the past years.
Fly-tipped waste is hazardous for the environment
Fly-tipping is bad for the environment. Natural products will break down and be reabsorbed into the earth, but man-made products such as plastic do not act in the same manner. Fly-tipped waste can injure local wildlife, such as urban foxes and hedgehogs. The presence of unknown chemicals or liquids in the waste can be a threat to waterways. Liquids can seep out and enter nearby streams or canals, polluting the water and killing off the local habitat.
Working quickly to remove waste can help
It is important to prevent fly-tipping, but equally if it does occur it is important to act quickly to implement waste removal. It is surprising how quickly more fly-tipping incidents will occur after the first. Evidence of law-breaking often encourages others to join in. So the quicker your removal of the waste once an incident has occurred the more chance you have of preventing another one from occurring. We have the capacity and organisational skills to react quickly should a fly-tipping incident occur on your premise, and ensure that our fly-tipping removal service is swift and that the area is cleaned as quickly as possible.
Improve your security to help prevent fly-tipping incidents
If you feel you have a premise that may be at risk of fly-tipping, it is advisable to deter people against it. Maybe putting lockable gates across your car park at night. Maybe adding security lights to dark areas. Consider improving your security, and fencing. Often people will look for an easy place to fly-tip. The harder you make it for them to dump their rubbish, the less likely they are to do so.
Local waste removal service providers
We are conveniently located in Worcestershire, and our teams operate throughout the West Midlands, providing grounds maintenance services to a range of businesses. Grounds maintenance services provide year-round support to keep the exterior of business premises looking at their best. We have the flexibility to clear fly-tipping from a small one-off scenario of dumped rubbish to an ongoing larger-scale problem of repeat rubbish dumping occurring. We work in a variety of settings including churches, places of worship, business parks, retail parks, playgrounds, private land, housing, and commercial land.
Let us help you with your waste removal
If you are struggling with fly-tipping on your business premise, maybe it is an ongoing concern that you need regular maintenance of, or maybe a one-off incident, our professional and experienced teams are on hand to help. We can quickly and efficiently carry out your waste removal, and help to reduce the likelihood of it reoccurring. For an informal discussion about your fly-tipping and grounds maintenance requirements, call Central Grounds Maintenance today on 01905 935081.
