{"id":958,"date":"2018-10-25T10:41:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T10:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/?p=958"},"modified":"2018-10-05T10:44:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T10:44:15","slug":"prevent-fly-tipping-by-hiring-a-skip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/prevent-fly-tipping-by-hiring-a-skip\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Fly Tipping By Hiring a Skip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fly-tipping is the illegal deposit of waste onto land that doesn&#8217;t have a licence to accept that waste. Instead of using skips, tips or waste disposal companies, a fly tipper simply dump their waste in a spot where they hope they will not be seen. This might be on the street, neighbour\u2019s garden or even often out in the countryside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fotolia_198464969_XS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fotolia_198464969_XS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fotolia_198464969_XS.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fotolia_198464969_XS-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Effects of Fly-Tipping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tipping a bag that&#8217;s full of rubbish, electrical items or mattress in the street makes an area look run down and ugly and also causes a local nuisance. Rotting food plus other materials can end up attracting droves of flies and enticing rodents to start collecting in the area. In fact, rats are a fairly common occurrence and tend to keep away from an area unless there is a ready supply of something they access and eat. As disease-carrying animals, rats are among the least-welcomed pests, and they can be very difficult to eliminate.<\/p>\n<p>Fly-tipping can also involve several truckloads of demolition and construction waste being tipped on various types of land. It&#8217;s evident that uncontrolled illegal waste disposal is hazardous to the public, particularly if it contains toxic asbestos or materials. There might be a high risk of damage to soil quality and watercourses from the dumped waste.<\/p>\n<p>Household goods may contain substances that are harmful and can kill a wild animal if they ingest them. Also, don&#8217;t forget about the strangulation and suffocation dangers of plastic. Additionally, larger items pose a risk to kids if they&#8217;re inadvertently left to play near them.<\/p>\n<p>You can be prosecuted for fly-tipping since it&#8217;s regarded as a serious criminal offence. The courts have several powers available to them for tackling fly-tipping. This includes incarceration, large fines of up to 50,000-pound orders to pay costs plus an order to deny rights to any vehicle that&#8217;s used to commit this offence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Councils in England dealt with over 1 million incidences of fly-tipping were in 2016\/17. The cost of clearing up that waste was more than 58 million pounds. This money comes from the local taxpayer.<\/p>\n<p>That means members of the community abiding by the rules and paying their taxes are footing the bill for people who are looking for a free way of dumping their waste illegally. This amount of money that&#8217;s wasted to clear up fly-tipping is unbearable, and it can do better things in communities and reduce lots of pressure on the budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Can I Help To Prevent Fly-Tipping?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Environment Agency (EA) provides people with a 24-hour hotline for reporting fly tipping, or individuals can also report to the police. It is extremely crucial that you do not contribute to this problem yourself. Don&#8217;t fly-tip or litter, instead, you should hire a skip from professional companies.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s cheaper and more reliable, and all of your rubbish can be ethically disposed of quickly. Hiring a skip from professional companies will make sure that you do not have to fly-tip. Instead, you&#8217;ll rest easy knowing that your waste is dealt with in an ethical manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fly-tipping is the illegal deposit of waste onto land that doesn&#8217;t have a licence to accept that waste.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}