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Waste is dumped under cover of night in the Mile Cross estate (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n TIP CHARGES\n<\/p>\n
\n Last year, cost-cutting\u00a0measures were introduced by Norfolk County Council meaning people wanting to take their rubbish to a recycling centre\u00a0have to have book a slot for their visit beforehand, either\u00a0online or by phone.\n<\/p>\n
\n Those who have not done so, are turned away.\n<\/p>\n
\n When the new system was announced, critics feared it would trigger an increase in fly-tipping.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
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The new system was introduced last year (Image: Ian Burt)\n<\/p>\n
\n But County Hall leaders insisted\u00a0it would not and point out\u00a0Suffolk and Essex already have similar\u00a0booking systems in place.\n<\/p>\n
\n Chrissie Rumsby, a county councillor for Mile Cross said: “There is a lot of trade that comes during the night to dump in Mile Cross.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I have been trying to prove it is down to tip charges and booking systems.\n<\/p>\n
\n “But also, people cannot afford to dispose of things.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is a problem everywhere and it seems to be escalating.\n<\/p>\n
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Chrissie Rumsby (Image: Norfolk Labour)\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is traders that are thinking they have to pay to drop off, so I will dump it, but proving it is another thing really.\n<\/p>\n
\n “People are saying they are arriving at night but we are not getting number plates.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We are trying to highlight the issue and educate, but you need proof before you can enforce.”\n<\/p>\n
\n In August, Environmental health officers launched an investigation after waste was left in a field between\u00a0the Norwich South Recycling Centre and the Brooks Green Gypsy and Traveller site, at Harford Bridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A campaigner fighting against fly-tippers has said unlicensed waste disposal companies are dumping waste under the cover of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-278219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}