Crackdown on rubbish drivers! Selfish motorists are told to stop using roads as a dump

Thoughtless drivers are putting lives and wildlife in danger and blighting the countryside by discarding tons of rubbish. To cope with the tsunami of trash, special teams from Highways England risk their lives collecting thousands of bags of litter from roadsides. Now the agency – which looks after the nation’s motorways and A-roads and carries … Read more

Rubbish dumping incidents across streets, parks and the countryside now tally nearly 1million yearly

A ‘tidal wave’ of fly-tipping has engulfed England after the environmental menace soared almost 20 per cent in a decade. The number of reported rubbish dumping incidents across streets, parks and the countryside now stands at nearly 1million a year. The fly-tipping blight has left cities, towns and villages coping with items like discarded fridges, … Read more

Parisians turn on Socialist mayor with Twitter campaign accusing her of making city ‘rubbish dump’

Furious Parisians have turned on their Socialist mayor with a Twitter campaign where they are accusing her of gross mismanagement which as left Paris looking like a ‘rubbish dump’. Thousands of pictures have emerged on social media in the past few days of piles of rubbish filling the streets of the historic city under the … Read more

Police stunned after pulling over dangerously overloaded truck piled high with rubbish

Police are left stunned after pulling over dangerously overloaded pick-up truck piled high with rubbish and scrap metal held together with three pieces of rope The pick-up truck was dangerously overloaded with a giant pile of rubbish Haul on the Mitsubishi L200 Trojan included scrap metal and household waste But the precarious load was only … Read more

Nightmare tenants turn flat into rubbish tip as landlord couple say they can’t evict

A couple plagued by nightmare tenants who turned their flat into a rubbish tip have been told they can’t evict them ‘because of the pandemic’. Zoey and John Wingfield have spent tens of thousands of pounds trying to repair damage to their Grimsby flat, adjacent properties and shop below caused by their tenants’ behaviour.   The Wingfields say … Read more

Royal correspondents rubbish Harry and Meghan’s fears of media conspiracy as they hit back at claims

Royal correspondents have rubbished Harry and Meghan’s claims that suggest they are facing a media conspiracy and the royal family has ‘invisible contracts’ with the press. The couple made a number of claims about the British tabloid media in their bombshell interview aired last night in the US. Prince Harry told Oprah Winfrey that the … Read more

Fly-tippers turn estate into rubbish dump with skips overflowing

Fly-tippers turn estate into rubbish dump with skips overflowing, living rooms ‘ravaged by rats’ and a stench so disgusting residents are afraid to open their windows Fly-tippers have dumped so much rubbish on the estate that rats are ‘ripping through the floorboards’  Skips are overflowing and bin bangs dumped across the streets in the Griffin … Read more

Hampshire fly tippers get truck stuck on mountain of rubbish while illegally ditching waste

Dumb and DUMPER! Bungling fly tippers get truck stuck while illegally ditching waste at Hampshire beauty spot – before asking for their van back claiming they had ‘broken down’ Owners were forced to abandon their vehicle after dumping illegal waste   They called park officials next day and claimed the truck had broken down   Local said … Read more

‘Barmy’ Wrexham council slammed for refusing to replace litter bins because they ‘attract rubbish’

‘Barmy’ Wrexham council is slammed for refusing to replace missing litter bins because they ‘attract rubbish’ In counterintuitive move a North Wales council has removed bins to reduce litter  Wrexham council branded ‘barmy’ by one critic after claiming ‘bins attract litter’ Council’s environmental chief said people are more likely to fly-tip near bins By Milly Vincent … Read more

Scientists find more insects and snails living on RUBBISH than on rocks in three UK rivers

‘Litter can actually benefit rivers’: Scientists find more insects and snails living on RUBBISH than on rocks in three UK waterways – and say garbage can provide stable habitats for animals Researchers collected samples of rocks and litter from three local rivers The litter was inhabited by more diverse invertebrates than those on rocks In … Read more