{"id":386759,"date":"2026-01-23T21:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/386759\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:01:08","slug":"fly-tipped-waste-blocked-essex-road-until-it-was-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/386759\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly tipped waste blocked Essex road until it was removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Earlier today, B. G. Appleton Contracts Ltd collected a large amount of fly tipped waste from Chigborough Road in Heybridge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The abandoned rubbish, consisting of distinctive tiles, caused a blockage in the road.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Maldon Council is investigating the incident and is asking anyone with any information to come forward.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Waste &#8211; a close-up of the jagged tiles left in the road (Image: Maldon Council)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A council spokesperson said: &#8220;The waste is comprised of a large quantity of distinctive tiles, and had blocked the road until it was cleared.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We are actively investigating this incident, so if you recognise these tiles, or if you have recently used a contractor to dispose of similar waste, please let us know.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you for your help in keeping our local area clean and safe.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maldon.gov.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.maldon.gov.uk\/contact<\/a> or call 01621 854477 and quote incident number 26\/00120\/PFTR.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Dumped &#8211; the fly tipped waste blocking the road (Image: Maldon Council)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier today, B. G. Appleton Contracts Ltd collected a large amount of fly tipped waste from Chigborough Road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-386759","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\/386759","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=386759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}