r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 14h ago

The Environment Agency has cleared 39,500 tonnes of illegally dumped waste from Kent’s ancient Hoad’s Wood, giving the protected woodland, home to rare plants and wildlife, a chance to recover after being buried under rubbish up to 15 feet deep.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hoads-wood-kent-waste-dump-b3063922.html
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u/blackthornjohn 10h ago

If they'd done their job at all, then they'd have only needed to clear as little as 60 tonnes but for reasons they decided to turn a blind eye despite multiple reports.

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u/NorysStorys 10h ago

If only councils actually took waste properly, it’s gone way to far the other way now because at this point if you don’t have a van you just outright can’t get rid of things like sofas anymore, most refuse collection sites won’t take anything upholstered anymore ‘for fire risks’ and they have specialised sites for them now and you’re expected to get it there yourself or pay through the nose for a private man in a van to take it which the council charges an additional fee for and the less scrupulous ones will just dump it in a wood somewhere anyway.

It’s little wonder fly tipping has been getting worse because beyond daily refuse collection, it’s becoming nigh impossible to actually reliably get rid of anything.

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u/TehOwn 7h ago

If you want to get rid of something on my road, you just leave it unattended for a few minutes.

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u/whatever-696969 6h ago

The perpetrators should to hard time for a long time. Zunts

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u/FarthingWoodAdder 5h ago

And I wonder who dumped it

Hmm

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u/Typical_Bumblebee194 6h ago

What? Did this take place in America? That's just plain shocking.

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u/Dry_Elephants 6h ago

Lmao, no. This would still BE a problem if this was the U.S.

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u/Typical_Bumblebee194 5h ago

This doesn't happen in America.....take it as you will.

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u/Dry_Elephants 5h ago

I dont know where you live, illegal dumping is constantly a problem out in the county.

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u/Typical_Bumblebee194 5h ago

Just being sardonic...of course it happens in America. We live in the country.... Too close to a main thouroufare.

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u/Dry_Elephants 4h ago

I feel you, we are right off an exit. Suuuuuuuucks. Constantly driving off trespassers.