Car fly-tipping

Sir, There is a problem with dumping of old cars in the Whiting Bay area. This activity is difficult to snuff out because the police and local authority have little power in law and it is difficult to prove who has done the dumping. An old car with windows smashed has been dumped in the parking place at the Apiary at Arran Community Land. Most people who know anything in Whiting Bay know the probable culprit but the law is such that people get away with this sort of behaviour without being prosecuted because the council is not concerned unless the vehicle is dumped on the road and the police have little power, other than a warning.

In a modern society, this littering of the countryside with old bangers should be against the law. Disposing of old vehicles on an island is more expensive than it is on the mainland and maybe there should be a more affordable way of recycling these vehicles off the island which is subsidised by the state – it is an environmental issue after all – so that dumping is not worth the money paid to the dumper.

Yours, John Cruickshank, Whiting Bay.