If I had my way.

[Heliboy911]

I live in a very lovely part of London it is called Forest Hill and where I live they really do look after the place with nice laws and clean streets but I what I hate and really gets my blood boiling is fly tipping. I left my house last Friday and saw that they had tipped 2 sofas and several bin bags full of rubbish all over the grass. I visited the local office and they arranged to have it removed and it was removed on the following Monday. Left the house on the Tuesday and in exactly the same place were 5 dirty old mattresses and 2 micro wave ovens. I could have screamed. If I had my way I would jail them when they were caught. I have to say that the last 2 who were caught had their vehicles taken from them and were issued a large fine. I hate fly tipping and it should be a jailing offence.

Have a lovely "fly tipping" free day ya all !!

[peck]

Heliboy911 , I think your talking about littering or throwing uour trash on the toad, right?? I really like the saying "Fly Tipping"...made me chuckle.Im going to start using it.I detest it, people throwing food out in parking lots at shopping centres, etc in SOUTH Carolina where I live 1st offense $500.00 and if you someone's tag # off their car you can call it in.In the Complex I live in if they find litter with your name (like a bill..telly, cable) it's automatic 100.00 fine... but it still happens.Have a good day.Peck🐤

[Heliboy911 in reply to peck]

Hey Peck yep "fly tipping" refers to those dumping rubbish in other peoples spaces and the penalties are quite high, it is just catching the idiots in the act as most do it in the early hours of the morning also they do search for identification but the sneaky so and so's always seem to be one step ahead.

Have a good day Best wishes from London ! :>))))))

[Crusee]

Most areas seem to have cctv these days.

As yours seems to be an area where there is regular offending would the council consider installing cctv to prevent further occurrences.

I know there are probably hundreds of areas that have the same problem but could you muster up support or a petition from residents in your area to have this done?

Thankfully you are reporting these instances to your local office and they may just get fed up if having to arrange clearance of the illegally tipped goods,and may even decide to install cctv themselves.

Keep on crusading.

Crusee

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[peck in reply to Crusee]

Crusee , Good idea..wished we had that where I live as its embarrassing when you have guest and someone has thrown out a soda can (just an example).!! May suggest cc tv to the property manager as they are very strict on this.Normally only see on werkend s when office is closed.Have a nice evening.Peck

[Heliboy911 in reply to Crusee]

Hello love I have spoken about CCTV and they seem to pass the problem onto one another from the Housing association to the council both stating it is the other ones problem. I even asked about notices to deter them but it all falls on deaf ears. Oh well Ce la vie

[Crusee in reply to Heliboy911]

Probably all down to finances and who will ultimately cough up the funding- this is where it all seems to come to a grinding halt,same as most things.

You can only keep on reporting the occurrences in to the local office and sooner or later one of them will get fed up of clearing up someone else's rubbish.

Ask other residents to report in as well as you - they can't ignore all of you.

Good luck with your crusade,keep flying the flag for keeping your residential area tidy.

Crusee

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[peck]

Hidden , I agree with you100%.!!! It makes you wonder what their house looks like.Have a good evening.Peck 🐤

[Crusee]

Well if people are dumping stuff like sofas and mattresses they are not exactly small or can easily sneak to a place to dump.Someone must have seen them.

So cctv was just a suggestion.

Have a good evening yourself peck.

Crusee

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[rosewine]

When we bought this bungalow it was one of the reasons we chose it as the road was immaculate without even a cigarette end. All of a sudden there seems to be things like burger boxes etc thrown around it must be people taking a short cut. If it was one of my bending down days I pick them up but it always puts me in a rage. It was drummed into me as a child that even a spangle paper had to either be put in a bin or brought home. I used to clean outside my neighbours house at the other place as she never bothered but in the end could hardly manage mine so had to give that up.

At one time even in the poorest areas people took pride in their own little patch with women scrubbing the steps and sweeping their paths and outside their houses. Of course the council cutting down on bin collections etc hasn't helped. There was an outcry in our town when the council proposed only collecting bins every two weeks to save money and people power has actually won for the time being, miracles do happen.x

[Angelseven in reply to rosewine]

Spangles!! Whatever happened to them??? That took me back a bit!

Great post 🙂

Jane

[rosewine in reply to Angelseven]

It was so funny some time back we somehow had a thread that we were reminiscing about all the old fashioned sweets and cakes. Brought back such funny memories.x

[TheAuthor]

Hi Heliboy911

I agree with you completely. I would confiscate their vans / cars and give them a 6 month prison sentence. I do not think fly tipping is taken seriously enough! Well done you for standing up to this. I want to sincerely wish you all the best of luck my friend and please take care of yourself.

All my hopes and dreams for you

Ken