Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
New Report Ranks Haringey as Second Worst for Fly-Tipping
A new report reveals that levels of fly-tipping within London are at all time high – total incidents increased by 14 per cent in 2016/17 – making it the fly-tipping capital of England.
Haringey is the second worst affected borough, with over 33,000 incidents last year alone.
Written by London Assembly Member Susan Hall, a member of the Greater London Authority (GLA) Conservatives group, the, Cleaning up London report urges Mayor Khan to use his PR budget and Transport for London (TfL) advertising space to promote a new anti-fly-tipping campaign. Hall suggests that Khan fronts the campaign to prevent commuters from destroying London’s landscape by dumping waste on its streets, parks and open spaces.
“Local councils play the biggest role in clearing up our streets, but that is no excuse for the Mayor to stand idly by while fly-tipping goes through the roof – he needs to lead from the front,” Hall commented.
It is not just Hall’s report that has found London to be the ‘fly-tipping capital’ of England. A study published in May this year had similar findings.
To deal with fly-tipping in London, an average of £557,444 was spent per each of the 33 local authorities, adding up to £18.5 million. Hall writes in the report that this money ‘could be spent on other priorities such as children’s services and adult social care, where demand for support is growing’.
Research, such as Keep Britain Tidy’s 2014/15 Local Environmental Quality Survey, has found that crime rates increase in heavily graffitied streets with greater levels of littering and fly-posting. “All the evidence shows that a high level of fly-tipping just encourages more people to illegally dump their rubbish,’ Hall said. “Crime rates are higher in fly-tipping hotspots and dirty areas can have a negative impact on health and well-being. It’s time to put a stop to this vicious cycle.”
The Assembly Member also suggested that Khan makes CCTV technology available for local councils to catch perpetrators, or resurrects Boris Johnson’s ‘Capital Clean-Up’ programme through which Johnson awarded grants of up to £1000 to community groups to hold clean-up events. The scheme was judged to be a success: it ran over 230 events, improved 830,000m² of land and nearly 5,000 volunteers took part.
Hall suggests that by bringing these ideas into action, Londoners would be empowered to look after their own area, bringing about an improvement to London’s overall environment.
Another suggested measure is the creation of a legal services hub at the Greater London Authority City Hall, which would fund and assist court cases with identified fly-tippers, reducing costs for local authorities. Given that one in five Londoners have disposed of their waste through fly-tipping over the last two years, the fines have the potential to be substantial.
To find out more, take a look at the report or read the publication by the London Environment Directors’ Network and Keep Britain Tidy, Understanding and Tackling Fly-Tipping in London (both attached below)
The majority of this article are taken directly from a by Kate Nicolson in Resource Magazine.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Well, yes like many reports by elected politicians, it’s self-evidently politically charged. Lest anyone should have missed that, the post did very clearly point out that it was written by a Conservative eleccted member of the GLA.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that the report is without merit. Can’t we just read it through the same filters we apply to much of what we read and take from it that which is of value?
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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Well yes I did read the report with some of those things in mind, and it's a growing problem so any publicity about it is a good thing even if the Mayor of London has very little power over it (same with most aspects of housing). But to my eye, a report with the 'GLA Conservatives' logo literally writ large on every page doesn't look as balanced as, say, an All-Party Parliamentary Group report where the party politicians' conclusions are non-partisan. Mostly!
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I agree; any publicity on this is to be welcomed, even that tainted by politics.
The other report attatched above is thankfully largely free of party politics, and so offers a useful counterpoint to Hall’s work.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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I don't see that the political affiliation of the author automatically damns it or reflects on its accuracy. I suppose a Labour member of the GLA is free to issue a counter report demonstrating that Haringey is the cleanest of the London Boroughs. ( Didn't Claire Kober once claim something along these lines ? ).
Report tainted or not, if I look out of my window and see dumped food and nappies strewn over the pavement, or have to step into the road to avoid a fly-tipped mattress, is that acceptable because the Council is Labour dominated ? I don't care whether Haringey is the best or the worst London borough, it's still a shithole.
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The Keep Britain Tidy report also attached above has a very interesting section on what is viewed as acceptable fly-tipping by residents. Worth a skim at the very least.
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Permalink Reply by Bob Ruggles on
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As a Retired Council Enforcement Officer. I believe the case is that Our elected Councillors Chose not to prosecute majority of Dumpers. Finding it easier and Cheaper to have Scavenger Crews clearing it up.
Not Helped by Two week refuse collection and a ever growing Population. Also more houses are Multi occupancies which are not registered and only have bins for original tenants.
Sure I read that current refuse Service Contract is due for renewal. Should be very interesting. As expect Contractors will jack up costs on tonnages being collected
I am sure that the Contractor mostly uses Agency staff. Reasons they do not always have full number of crews available
I often report messes via email enquires@veolia.com seems to be cleared.
Not forgetting that Housing Estates have there own clearing squads. As with Parks
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Permalink Reply by kotkas on
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Hi Bob - very apt analysis of the current situation. I can't agree more. It's typical bureaucracy - doing what they (sort of) know how to do, and are organised to do, instead of effecting change.
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