\n Bradford Council is investigating the large dump at Scholemoor Cemetery where household waste, furniture, rubble, and potentially hazardous materials were discovered across the site.\n<\/p>\n
\n Councillor Ian Walker, Bradford Council’s Executive Member for Neighbourhoods and Communities, said officers have attended the cemetery.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “The council is aware of reports of fly-tipping at Scholemoor Cemetery and is currently investigating the matter.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Images of the fly-tipping (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
What was dumped?<\/p>\n
\n In images taken by the T&A on Monday, a rubbish bin can be seen by a large stone memorial, overflowing with discarded bottles and waste.\n<\/p>\n
\n Separate images reveal what appears to be a significant pile of construction and demolition waste, including concrete slabs, timber, and rubble.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Walker added: “Officers attended the site and identified a quantity of household items and waste, including materials suspected to contain asbestos.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Due to the nature of the waste, appropriate procedures are being followed to ensure its safe removal and disposal.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Images of the fly-tipping (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Based on photos from the scene, the most extensive dumping involved large quantities of household furniture and domestic waste abandoned close to graves.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mattresses, foam cushions, wardrobes, broken drawers, cabinets, timber, textiles, and household rubbish have been dumped along a path running through the cemetery.\n<\/p>\n
\n Images of the fly-tipping (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Other photographs reveal a sprawling heap containing dismantled furniture, clothing, bedding, toys, black refuse sacks, and plastic items spread across a wide area of dry grass.\n<\/p>\n
\n The scale of the dumping suggests the waste may have originated from a house clearance or multiple domestic clearances.\n<\/p>\n
\n Images of the fly-tipping (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
What is the council doing about it?<\/p>\n
\n Councillor Walker said the council’s enforcement team was working to establish who was responsible.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “The council is working closely with its enforcement team to establish how the waste came to be deposited at the site.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Any available evidence will be reviewed as part of the investigation and, where sufficient evidence is identified, the council will consider taking enforcement action, including prosecution of those responsible.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Images of the fly-tipping (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Walker added: “The council takes fly-tipping seriously and remains committed to keeping cemeteries and other public spaces clean, safe, and respectful places for residents and visitors.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The council has reminded residents that fly-tipping is a criminal offence.\n<\/p>\n
\n Anyone with any information, can report it to Bradford Council online or by calling 01274 431000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradford Council is investigating the large dump at Scholemoor Cemetery where household waste, furniture, rubble, and potentially hazardous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-706614","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\/706614","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=706614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}