Fly tipper Newham cost more than £ 3m per year

October 20, 2015 18.00 clock

Phoebe Cooke

A location of illegal fly moved along the Thames Estuary. Newham spends more than any other council in England in cleaning up illegal dumps. Photo: AP Images

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Illegal garbage collection in the district costing taxpayers more than £ 3 million per year.

Newham spends more than any other local authority in England after the dice fly cleaning, a government study published today shows.

The Council broke with almost £ 3.5 million in Cleaning Tips 200 day 2014-15, a significant share of spending in London more than £ 25m.

But Newham Council suggested their position in the table was to street cleaning technology "cabin" is reduced to a "proactive approach".

"Fly tipping is a challenge for all local authorities," said a spokesman of the Executive Board.

"In Newham we strive to ensure that our streets are clean and safe for residents and visitors to the area to take a proactive approach to street cleaning.

"The latest technology used in the cabin of Newham Council provides accurate waste dumped in the streets of an image. The ease of recording with street cleaning combines several sets made every day, seven days a week, there is a high recorded fly tipping".

The spokesman added that officers conducted training visits to businesses and residents about waste and "robust enforecment against those who made flout the law."

Last year, nearly 2,000 fixed penalty notices, the tipping of rubbish and fly issued and for crimes prosecuted 318th

At the top of the garbage clearance, Newham also spent £ 135,000 sending more than 4,000 letters to the residents to clean up.

Other areas of London performed bad in the affairs of the waste, Enfield and Haringey with taking two and three.

For more information, please visit à gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england~~V

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