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Tyre dumping continues
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• The Environment Agency is urging hauliers to be on their guard when disposing of tyres following a spate of roadside tyre dumping.
Last week, a 40ft-trailer containing up to 300 tyres had to be removed from a lay-by on the A120 In Essex.
Essex environment officer John Parish says the 1100 cost of the second-hand trailer was a fractkin of the sum needed to legally dispose of the tyres in a landfill site.
This problem appears to be snowballing. Over the last year, we have had two other trailers dumped like this in Essex, and one dumped on the A13 at Dagenham."
Although the manufacturer's plate on the trailer had been removed in this latest incident. Parish is confident of catching the cul prit because one of the previous owners has been traced.
He says a trailer load of tyres abandoned by the road poses an enormous risk if set on fire.
"If people look to see what is inside, the tyres could fall out on top of them as well. It is totally Irresponsible. We expect the haulage industry to show more duty of care to ensure their tyres go to the correct source.'' lie adds the price for disposing of tyres in a landfill site Is between £50-£120/tonne.
The maximum penalty for fly-tipping is a £20,000 fine or six months' imprisonment. Hauliers face fines of up to £5,000 for failing to ensure their tyres are disposed of by a properly registered business.