City ‘bucks the national trend’ for fly tipping during lockdown
FLY-TIPPING in Bristol dropped 23 per cent during the coronavirus lockdown, according to the city’s mayor.
Marvin Rees told members of Bristol City Council the fall in the number of fly-tipping incidents reported during April, May and June “bucked the national trend”.
The national lockdown began on March 23. The following month, the Countryside Alliance reported some parts of the UK had seen a 300 per cent rise in fly-tipping.
The rural communities campaign group suggested people were using the lockdown to have a “clear out of homes and gardens” but were dumping the rubbish illegally.
Many councils, including Bristol, closed their recycling centres during the lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of the virus.
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Quartley asked Mr Rees about Bristol’s record on fly-tipping during the lockdown.
Mr Rees’s written reply said: “I am pleased to say that Bristol has bucked the national trend.
“During lockdown for the first three months of April, May and June the number of fly-tips reported on average has dropped by 23 per cent.
“Bristol avoided suspending services as quickly as other councils, eg, reuse and recycling centres, garden waste and bulky collections were suspended for shorter periods than most of our neighbours.”
Bristol’s recycling centres closed on March 26 and reopened on May 18. The city’s household waste and recycling collections continued, but bulky waste and garden waste collections stopped on March 24 and 30, respectively, and resumed on April 20.
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