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14.04.2024 - 08:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Shocking figures have revealed a startling trend in Manchester’s battle against-fly tipping.
Manchester has emerged as a hotspot for illegal dumping of white goods, according to government figures released by DEFRA (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).
The statistics reveal that, across England, there were more than one million (1,082,673) reported fly tipping incidents in the year ending March 2023, including 50,091 cases including the illegal disposal of white goods.
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In Manchester, there were 2,645 reported incidents, putting it just behind the London borough of Haringey (2,756).
In a bid to promote recycling and raise awareness about the environmental impact of fly-tipping, AO Recycling has donated a bench planter made from plastic recycled at their facility in Telford - to Ladybarn Park in Withington.
Research from AO also found that 1 in 5 Brits ‘take out of sight out of mind’ approach to fly tipping.
When asked ‘how much do you care about fly-tipping if it’s not on your street’, 12% of those quizzed answered ‘if it isn’t on my street I can cope with it’, while another 8% admitted that they ‘don’t care’.
The data also suggested that attitudes against fly tipping also differ by sex, with only 38% of males being concerned about fly tipping that isn’t on their street, as opposed to 90% of females who were surveyed.
Robert Sant, managing director at AO Recycling, said: “It’s concerning that so many people don’t consider that their waste, including old electricals, might be fly tipped by unscrupulous operators. It’s a huge problem– not only is it ugly and dangerous to wildlife but if some white goods are not disposed
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