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Fly Tipping in chiswick

I went out this morning Saturday 10th October to go down  to the chiswick high road and the lane of Bridgman Road  has had rubbish dumped  in the lane.The lanes name is Houghton lane. Its a complete mess, this was obviously done during Friday night. If anyone knows how i can upload the photo please message me.

Charlotte Smith ● 3d21 Comments

I suggest you report it using FixMyStreet. You can upload photos there and usually there is a quick response.

Bruce Hammal ● 3d

Fly-tipping, yet another scourge of modern society.

Denis I. Fox ● 3d

If by ‘modern’ you mean since Victorian times or earlier, you are indeed correct.It is a scourge, and perception is that it’s increasingly so, but while the phrase first came into use in the 20th century, it’s been around a lot longer.

Andrew Jones ● 2d

Its disgusting,  I don't know what's happened to this Country.  When did it all start?

Juliet Hogg ● 2d

Some predicted a third world country in 10 years, problem is I cannot remember which years it was predicted.

Janice Evans ● 2d

Looking on google by early 2030s

Janice Evans ● 2d

As I said, people have been dumping stuff for years and years e.g. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/abs/river-pollution-dilemma-in-victorian-england-nuisance-law-versus-economic-efficiency-by-leslie-rosenthal-farnham-uk-ashgate-publishing-2014-pp-ixiv-1253-135-00-hardcover/CBF4E5A41D85BC8788FC5CBE27D45B21when factories were dumping effluent into the rivers

Andrew Jones ● 2d

We shouldn't be living like the Victorians, or back in the 70s when street we full of uncollected garbage.

Janice Evans ● 2d

I agree. But proper waste disposal is increasingly costly/difficult, and there are plenty of cowboys out there willing to take money off you and dispose of waste illegally.https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/environment/why-fly-tipping-is-rising-and-why-the-system-meant-to-stop-it-isnt-working/

Andrew Jones ● 2d

Flytipping became a major problem in the UK when Labour run Councils embraced third world values and refused to investigate and prosecute. Too frightened to upset their core voters.

Steve Taylor ● 2d

Yes I would t trust anyone to take my rubbish away while I can take it myself.

Janice Evans ● 2d

That should say wouldn't.

Janice Evans ● 2d

The Daily Telegraph disagrees with you Steve.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/25/fly-tippers-more-likely-to-be-prosecuted-in-labour-areas/And the worst fly tip in the UK (Kidlington) is in the Lib Dem run Oxfordshire Council, which has been under Conservative or Lid Dem control over the last 25 years.

Andrew Jones ● 2d

It is more likely to have started when everyone started buying so much unnecessary tat especially when living on credit.  Before that credit was used much more just for important purchases.  We now buy stuff - just because it is cheap or it is amusing without expecting it to last or need mending or actually be mended before it is thrown 'away'.  Only there is no 'away' to 'just throw it away'.  Everywhere is now someone's else's backyard or neighbourhood or fields or beautiful unspoilt countryside etc.We shouldn't still be using the rivers to chuck stuff into - but still do.  Yet it isn't that many years ago that a well known dairy manufacturer was found to be polluting their local river and the workers who knew or suspected were apparently under pressure to keep quiet or lose their jobs - so it isn't always as easy a situation to report something.We are now much more aware of all the waste we are making but not making enough of an effort to make less by wasting less and disposing of it correctly.  Many things that we don't want now are now wanted by other people as spare parts for repair or for reprocessing into something else. I don't think Councils had any idea of the number of homes that were divided and households living in properties until they started a wheelie bin rollout when more bins were being requested!  And that was fairly recently!  Developers now also seem to try to get as many units to sell into as small a space as possible.Landlords and property managers also need to be actually managing the property they are letting so that there is enough bin space and bins instead of just expecting the lessees to magic it away - and making sure that they do.A big problem can be that once a property has been left empty what was once a free fortnightly kerbside collection for residents then becomes a cost as a business collection for the owner - OR - whoever is tasked with clearing out that residence which can then reduce their profit.  This is often when an unlicensed waste collector is involved who offers to take the waste for money and then often just takes it around the corner to dump it there or further afield illegally. Both that unlicensed waste collector and whoever paid for the waste to be collected and disposed of can be very heavily fined. There are a lot more CCTV cameras around now and sometimes Councils put the film of those dumping rubbish up on the internet.  Making sure everyone knows where to find the info on what to do with what they don't want is an important start!

Philippa Bond ● 2d

Third world practice by first world people.p

David Burke ● 2d

It would help if council's were to make it easier to dispose of any items we don't need. Ealing for example have cut the number of days that their only dump is open for and are still insisting on pre booking which was a covid requirement!

Peter King ● 1d

Labour run Boroughs are normally poorer areas where the demographic dictates that people don’t want to spend their Benefits money getting old furniture and mattresses etc to the dump so they just dump it on the pavement knowing that the Labour council will collect it with no repercussions or penalties. There’s also the element of laziness. Rogue builders and house clearing contractors are also responsible for flytipping on an industrial scale and they know they won’t be prosecuted in Labour run Boroughs.

Steve Taylor ● 1d

Renters typically, dump all their rubbish and leave. Coming from experience.

John Bird ● 1d

Third world practice by third world people in Hounslow Borough.

Steve Taylor ● 1d

Why are you still trying to "dump"  stuff?  We have had a kerbside collection for years which has broadened extensively in what we can recycle so that there is much less unrecyclable waste to deal with.  Any excess hopefully unreusable and unrecyclable can be taken to what have been called Household Reuse & Recycling and or Waste Centres for tens of years.  Business waste is different and needs to be paid for so may not be admitted everywhere. Types of vehicles that can be used to take stuff to these sites can also be limited to deter business waste.  Efforts need be made to keep the earth's finite resources in use instead of just being used once and destroyed for ever.  Too much valuable waste to be is still not being seen as the valuable and reusable resource it is.Councils have been banded together in groups called Waste Authorities for tens of years too.  We are not just restricted to using our own Council's Household Waste & Recycling or Reuse & Recycling sites so it is worth checking out which other Councils' recycling and waste we can take stuff that we no longer want to.Some licensed registered companies other than our Councils and local charities will collect.  Check out the West London Waste Authority as well as the local Council's websites.  Arrangements and  initiatives (don't forget Repair Shops & Cafes and Restart Cafes too) change as methods of sorting, demand for resources and new uses come and go. One man's rubbish is another man's treasure!

Philippa Bond ● 4h

Not true.  I even remember a Councillor's son being prosecuted.  New systems coming of following where waste goes may help.  Reducing oversight or getting rid of all oversight never was and never is a good idea - and that had nothing to do with a Labour Council or Govt.  There is always going to be some chancer somewhere wanting to skip any regulation with little or no thought of the consequences or caring for everyone else and the environment!Landlords and their Managing Agents could and should make it easier for their renters by making sure they have space, have bins and have the right information and know where to get more should they need it.  Universities and colleges can also help to make sure changeovers go easily and some have been known to help rehome items that students find they have no space to take home with them by liaising with charities.  Time often runs out when there are impromptu goodbyes!

Philippa Bond ● 2h