Cheshire East Council has confirmed that the cost of dealing with fly-tipping incidents in the financial year 2016/17 was £194,600.
There is no figure available yet for the current financial year.
Further to the Reader's Letter we were sent by Peter Blow regarding the fly tipping of household and garden rubbish on the layby on Heyes Lane, I contacted Cheshire East Council to see if they were aware of the issue and whether there are any other problem areas for fly-tipping around Alderley Edge and Wilmslow.
Ralph Kemp, commissioner of waste and environmental services for Cheshire East Council, said: "We are aware of five instances of fly-tipping that have been reported around Heyes Lane in just under three years.
"Overall levels of fly-tipping have increased in line with the national trend. To address this matter locally, we ran a very successful fly-tipping campaign targeting areas of Crewe, where the majority of incidents occur.
"The campaign focussed on the three E's of engagement, education and enforcement.
"There are no reported problem areas around Wilmslow and Alderley Edge."
Residents can report issues with fly-tipping on public land, on the public highway or other land owned by the council via the Cheshire East Council website.
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The man at the tip said the skip they had for rubble was normally filled every week, but it had been there 4 weeks now and was barely 10% full. Guess where all that rubble will now be going?
Still, he said that CE have cunning a plan - they are going to recruit more officers to investigate fly tipping.
What genius.
What cutbacks?
What is the point of this useless council?
One of the greatest contributions to public health is the ability to dispose of our rubbish safely. We already pay the council in no small amount to do this on our behalf.
As is typical with Cheshire East they’ve made a simple process impossibly complicated whilst using it to extract even more money from the residents.
If they really cared about the environment and efficiency, we’d still have a local tip , the cost of which used to be covered by our not inconsiderable council tax contributions.
One of the greatest contributions to public health is the ability to dispose of our rubbish safely. We already pay the council in no small amount to do this on our behalf.
As is typical with Cheshire East they’ve made a simple process impossibly complicated whilst using it to extract even more money from the residents.
If they really cared about the environment and efficiency, we’d still have a local tip , the cost of which used to be covered by our not inconsiderable council tax contributions.
The fact is that the council can now sell the sorted refuse for recycling and can thus profit from a recycling facility as opposed to paying heavily for the old "landfill" schemes.
But that benefit never seems to filter back to the council tax payer,
Whilst we are on the subject of recycling is it reasonable to expect residents to take li-ion batteries and fluroescent lights to the tip? Should there not be some quaterly collection for these and similar technological/electrical waste?
This has been a problem for years for owners of one man band type businesses. To take a small works van to the tip no matter how little waste you have costs £81.00 as the minimum charge is for half a ton.
This is hardly a incentive to take your rubbish to the tip and dispose of is it. I was speaking to a plumber recently who said these fees are a genuine problem and he can either pass the cost on to the customer or not take the rubbish with him. He said that he had changed a toilet for a 85 year old lady as her old one leaked. She asked him if he could take the old one away as she had no way of disposing of it. He told her the cost which was more than the cost of the toilet itself and she said she couldn't afford it so he had to leave on her drive at the front of her house . No wonder traders who are only just making ends meet dump their rubbish if its a choice between taking some money home to feed your children or paying to get rid of your rubbish end up fly tipping. I also believe that you now need a waste carriers licence to get rid of rubbish from works which is another cost.