Rubbish profiteers scour th e streets
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etS RUBBISH piles up in the streets and dustment continue their month-long strike, there have been several initiatives, 3ublic and private, to remove the mountains of litter, which are now posing a serious health hazard.
But apart from efforts such as that in Winchester, where local MP Rear-Admiral Sir Morgan Giles led a rubbish :tearing squad from the Nat'snal Federation of Self oyed, there are signs of public-spirited proring.
London last week, we saw ast one incident where te contractors, using an edford van, were touting usiness to clear rubbish, s David Wilcox.
Great Titchfield Street in West End, they were ing to clear rubbish for load.
en CM spoke to them, the men loading the rubbish s declined to say where were taking it — not sur less Fite ?riv For writ :he Dffe Z15 lire ;ac the prisingly, as dustmen belonging to NUPE are picketing legitimate dumps.
We estimated that at their prices, one could afford to hire a van and still make a good profit. A 35cwt Luton van costs about £15-20 a day to hire, plus fuel costs. If the crew makes six trips a day at £15, they stand to split £65-70 between them at the end of the day.
Clearly there are profits to be made from this sort of enterprise — but this is dangerous ground for legitimate operators. And as can be seen from our picture, these fly-bynight operators appear to loading their vehicles well beyond capacity.