ANOTHER day. another fly tipping incident in Saddleworth – but attempts to catch rubbish dumpers could be soon stepped up.
This pile of waste bags was left on Harrop Edge Lane above Delph – one of a number of places across the area regularly targeted by tippers.
Now Oldham Council may be poised to follow the lead of counterparts in West Yorkshire to combat the menace.
Bradford Council has agreed to spend £300,000 on a wider roll out of CCTV cameras in fly tipping‘hot spots’.
Asked by the Independent if a similar initiative was a possibility across Oldham, an OMBC spokesperson said: “We do have cameras set up at sites across the borough.
“The council is also looking at getting cameras in remote hotspot areas.
“We are always working hard to make sure the borough is clean and up to standard.
“It’s just unfortunate people disregard the law and dump their waste in these hot spots.”
• You can report fly tipping online at
www.oldham.gov.uk/flytipping
We have had a problem in the back of Huxley st for past six years.People who rent the houses on that st dump on a regular basis we have offered the use of our cameras and report regularly.Council don’t appear interested.Is this because we don’t live in Saddleworth.!!!!!!
Well done and well said. It’s becoming out of control around the Clarksfield area. Many people are aware of who is doing the majority of this when they are moving people in and out of properties. What we need around here are cameras. At one stage I was reporting fly-tipping twice a week around Huxley st. Tyndall st.Smyrna st. Brewerton rd. It is still continuing. As this has been going on now for a few years you would think the council would have put something in place? ie. Gated areas around the back streets where they fly-tip. Cameras When I moved around here in 2004 there was nothing like this, until landlords started moving people in their propertys and around this area we have had nothing but issues.