PFNW Flytipping Name & Shame Campaign - a flying start...

PFNW Chairman Julian Bray being interviewed for BBC Look East

by Video Journalist/ BBC Peterborough Reporter Emma Baugh.

Following a spate of fly tipping around our neighbourhood originally highlighted by the newly elected Councillor Chris Harper, PFNW is launching a name and shame campaign and we are looking for your cameraphone pictures and any evidence we can use to keep a lid on this stupid behaviour. Simply once an old sofa or builders rubble gets dumped, it's seen as open season for other to do the same.  It will affect house values, damage grass cutting machines and possibly injure our children and pets.

Admittedly for many, the current charge for removal of single items by Enterprise Peterborough  from £23:50 seems to be over the top and will encourage some to chance it and just flytip. Luckily with DNA and other trace techniques, the flytip can usually be tracked back to the person or business responsible.

What we would say is if you really need to get rid of something then give PFNW a call and we'll see if we can come to an arrangement, call in a few favours and resolve the situation. What we don't want or need is flytip dumps springing up all over the place as it attracts vermin like rats, flies and other perils. AccentNene say their neighbourhood officers do report sightings of flytipping, but in our experience in dealing with them, reaction times can be from two days to two months or more as the jobholders seem to be on a seasonal revolving doors policy and also have heavy workloads. 

Flytipping dumbster leaves vital order number label attached to discarded sofa,
in a short time a tap on the door might be experienced... Police also have a databank of spraypaint 'tags'
so when the tagger is finally caught and put before the Courts,
they my find hundreds of other incidents are also listed on the charge sheet!

In the meantime if you have experienced flytipping near you and have a story to tell  BBC Cambridgshire Your Local Radio Station would also like to hear from you, just give us a call and we will put you in touch.! 

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