UK news topics on house clearance, rubbish, recycling, fly tipping & general environment matters. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/news.htm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:24:10 +0000 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:23:32 +0000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com A SERIAL fly-tipper was caught seven times in just seven months, dumping rubbish mainly in beauty spots across Broxtowe and Nottingham. He has been given a year-long community penalty order. Ian Goldsmith (47), of St Ann's, Nottingham, admitted seven charges of fly-tipping on behalf of a tyre company. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/29.php 61BFE601-574D-4280-AECF-E036658A66E0 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:23:32 +0000 In a new campaign to help clean up the tourist hotspot known as the English Riviera, residents have been asked to report incidents such as fly-tipping to Torbay Council, through its website. Councillors got worried that environmental crimes – as well as being unsightly for local people – may put off visitors. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/27.php DDC504C6-2091-40B4-9318-EE20CF5250DF Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:22:59 +0000 TECHNOLOGY used by archaeologists on the Channel 4 programme ‘Time Team’ has been used to confirm the presence of an illegal dump in the New Forest National Park. The Environment Agency is using the technology to create underground ‘maps’ to locate illegally buried waste. This means that they do not have to dig into the ground in order to check. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/26.php 272A2991-3E55-4F5C-813E-6E2C237846B8 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:22:30 +0000 FLY-TIPPING in Preston has risen by more than 50 per cent in the past year compared to four years ago. The city had 4,864 fly tipping cases between April 2008 and March 2009, according to official figures. This is the third highest number in the county and a 54.2 per cent increase on 2004/05. However, only three people were prosecuted. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/25.php EE4B2E5E-D179-4BB7-8C8B-DD7C994CC179 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:21:59 +0000 NEW Forest residents think that the people responsible for one of the biggest blights on the landscape are fly-tippers. According to a Safer Neighbourhood survey, 39 per cent of residents see fly-tipping as a significant problem affecting the quality of life for residents. Police in the New Forest are working with the Environment Agency to crack down on fly-tippers. Operation Overflow was launched just before Christmas to tackle people who dispose of rubbish illegally. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/24.php 55AA0111-9091-4FAD-B7B2-EC6B6F9A6BB8 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:21:16 +0000 A BOLTON comedian thinks that the rubbish collection service in his area is a big joke but he doesn’t think it’s funny. Despite the milder weather after the recent cold snap, his dustbins have still not been emptied and Paddy McGuiness is furious as the rubbish accumulates. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/23.php E670766A-2E04-4EB0-B1DE-6BDB14EF9ABB Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:20:34 +0000 BRISTOL citizens may have to put with overflowing rubbish bins on their streets for yet another week. Recycling boxes could be seen on the road yesterday outside about a third of houses in Knowle West, Hartcliffe, Horfield, Bedminster and Southmead. Many were overflowing with paper, bottles, cardboard, cans and clothes. Some residents said there had been no collection since before Christmas. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/22.php 6B909DBF-6CA2-4AC2-91C1-098942275DDE Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:20:03 +0000 LONDON mayor Boris Johnson has outlined plans for a scheme to reward households that recycle. He wants to cut the amount of rubbish going to landfill sites to zero within 15 years. He is supporting a London-based trial of an American scheme, Recycle Bank, which gives householders shopping vouchers or else donates to charity the value of what they recycle. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/21.php 8F6FAD5D-BD07-4291-A16B-C3C478257DE3 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:19:32 +0000 NEARLY a dozen wild boars scavenged for food in rubbish bags in a Forest of Dean village. Buckfast resident Roxanne Blake (23) said the two boars going through her rubbish were the biggest she had ever seen. Another nine boars picked up the rubbish bags in her neighbours’ garden and shook them until they ripped open. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/20.php 0BF3984E-0AE5-40AB-B8FC-6D87568521E3 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:18:54 +0000 A BERKSHIRE scrap yard owner who handled illegal waste at his business premises has been has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay prosecution costs. His company ignored repeated warnings to stop the handling and treatment of non-scrap-metal waste without a waste management licence and, later, without an environmental permit. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/19.php 925BA11D-776F-48B3-BC58-5FD23B88B66F Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:06:59 +0000 PEOPLE passing by found the smell from the semi-detached house in Broughton, Buckinghamshire overpowering. Neighbours who had not seen the 74-year-old inhabitant for several days raised the alarm. Police offers visited the house and were confronted with an extraordinary spectacle: mounds of foul-smelling rubbish, which the man had used to construct tunnels in his two-storey house. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/18.php 5CB2558E-54E0-4D19-885D-2146CE024F63 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:06:37 +0000 ONE resident dumped a caravan, an angle grinder and a butane canister behind homes along a Mid Devon cul-de-sac. Several office chairs and bin-bags packed with household waste were also disposed of. The area near the Great Western Canal has been used as a dumping ground for months, said residents of Richmond Close in Sampford Peverell. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/17.php 277DD007-403B-4044-B3EA-809F2948974B Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:05:50 +0000 RESIDENTS in Thanet, Kent think their council’s waste and recycling service is a load of rubbish. Some residents say their rubbish has not been removed since before Christmas. At a festive time of year when people’s rubbish needs are most acute, collections were cut. Collections were suspended last week because of both the severe weather and the break between Christmas and New Year. Around 20,000 homes are estimated to have been affected. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/16.php 43508020-9C34-4A9C-85B3-9F797B18B010 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:05:18 +0000 IT cost a Stoke-on Trent man nearly £600 to get rid of a small amount of rubbish that included tiles, pieces of carpet, a kitchen basin and bathroom fittings. He paid a man £20 to dispose of the waste for him for him who was not authorised to do so – and ended up being heavily fined for fly-tipping. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/15.php 132E5530-7E0F-4A8B-BF12-69148DFDF9D5 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:04:35 +0000 The onset of the recent cold snap with all the problems of sub zero temperatures, snow and ice has caused complete pandemonium in the UK. The apparent unpreparedness of the establishment to keep our transport routes open has been the subject of much concern, particularly to everyday people trying to continue their normal routines. When extraordinary events occur there is bound to be a certain amount of disruption to what we consider to be “normal services”, and one of these is of course the disposal of waste and refuse. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/14.php 33AD54A1-5F9B-4BF3-A4A7-61764899FE51 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:26:25 +0000 A MOTHER left her four children – all under five – in a filthy, cluttered house while she went off on a 24-hour drink and drugs binge with friends. Rebecca Stevenson's kitchen was full of junk and electrical appliances that presented a risk to the kids. The 22-year-old, from Blackburn, Lancashire was handed down a 20-week suspended prison sentence. One of her daughters was so hungry she tried to climb on to the kitchen counter to get some food. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/13.php 64E7C0ED-A2F1-43C3-8176-9396519B023F Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:25:39 +0000 THREE children in York had to be rescued from their family home which their parents had turned into a squalid hell-hole. The children, aged one, three and four, were virtual prisoners. They were kept inside both day and night and had to play among the rubbish that was piled high in every room. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/12.php 662A571F-3498-434C-AB6F-49C9283B584C Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:24:53 +0000 A MOTHER in Thamesmead filled up a bedroom with so much junk that her two daughters had to share a bedroom. Jamaica-born Hasina Zuberi (54), from the London suburb of Thamesmead, hoarded a huge collection of freebies. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/5.php C66B6707-A2D2-4A47-B12F-1C9F5FE5490E Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:01:38 +0000 The council of North Lincolnshire opened their doors to householders to receive their waste over the Christmas period. As far as refuse collections are concerned, the normal timetables will be returned to immediately after the Christmas festivities have ended. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/2.php 0F2A17CC-3190-44E3-91BF-B0A44BCEA305 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:00:37 +0000 A LOCAL council is celebrating the fact that it has become the first such body to make more than £1m by selling its recyclable rubbish. Exeter in Devon made the million last year by selling its metal, glass and plastic. Prices for these items have risen significantly over the past year. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/3.php 96915FFF-FEC8-47ED-B671-5C944DAF023C Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:00:04 +0000 WHAT happens if youre caught fly-tipping in a beauty spot? A 37-year-old man from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire has found out the hard way. When he was first interviewed, he denied the offence. But he was not then aware that a hidden camera had caught him red-handed as he dumped waste at Baulker Lane, Clipstone on 7 April last year. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/4.php 8BA61475-823E-4AEA-B586-468ADB244FCA Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:59:29 +0000 The recent horrendous weather conditions have left many parts of the country floundering in the wake in many inches of snow falling, and freezing in sub zero temperatures overnight. Even major roadways have in some areas become impassable, and any untreated roads have also created extremely hazardous driving conditions. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/6.php 8265020F-BA87-47E1-85EB-F4128BA998AE Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:58:58 +0000 Some things are almost unbelievable; like thieves stooping so low as to steal a yellow refuse skip that the council had left especially for local householders in Wren’s Nest (Shaw) to use, to enable them to discard their refuse when collection trucks couldn’t gain local access because of the recent bad weather. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/7.php B6E3A4CF-7BAA-46B2-AFF6-DFB283757CCF Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:58:25 +0000 Strollers were horrified last week when they came across industrial waste that had been dumped on benches in shelters along the waterfront at Colwyn Bay. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/8.php 59FE9CAA-0AE0-4518-8748-02B3008DFB72 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:57:33 +0000 RESIDENTS of Wyre Forest have been dumping their rubbish on roads outside the county council’s household waste sites. They were not being lazy. They were angry. Because of the severe weather, Worcestershire County Council had closed its Wyre Forest sites. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/9.php 346F7228-37EC-4B03-B15A-52CE6368CB78 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:56:59 +0000 SHE had been a compulsive shopper for many years. Her bungalow was packed with her purchases. A friend who had seen 77-year-old Joan Cunnane on Christmas Day went to visit her four days later at her home in Rosgill Close, Heaton Mersey. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/10.php 3064B852-DE99-42C6-A9A6-C22863B3EE9E Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:55:56 +0000 ONLY 45pc of British people believe that they have enough space in their homes to be comfortable in because their houses are too cluttered. In London, the figure rises to 50pc, according to an online survey conducted by the self-storage company Safestore. http://www.ukhouseclearance.com/house-clearance-directory/news/11.php 83A4BA3C-EB29-4ACA-97CC-F6A21838FBDD Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:53:35 +0000