{"id":5375,"date":"2015-03-03T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2015-03-03T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T15:25:10","slug":"residents-anger-as-illegal-dumping-reaches-tipping-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/03\/residents-anger-as-illegal-dumping-reaches-tipping-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents&#039; anger as illegal dumping reaches tipping point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fly-tipping in one Cardiff suburb has become so bad, residents say the area is beginning to look like a rubbish tip.<br \/>\nAt an Ely community PACT meeting earlier this month, residents talked of how \u201cindiscriminate dumping of rubbish\u201d was becoming a constant source of annoyance in the community.<br \/>\nThe issue was then further raised at an Ely, Caerau and Michaelston \u201cSuper PACT\u201d meeting on February 17.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5388\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cs_flytipping9_online.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5388 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cs_flytipping9_online-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"cs_flytipping9_online\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5388 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cs_flytipping9_online-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"cs_flytipping9_online\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Fly tipping is an increasing problem in Ely<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSue Leader, board member for Action Caerau Ely, said: \u201cThe rubbish is partly linked to the fact that Waungron Road recycling centre is shut, but also because times are hard and people don\u2019t want to pay to have their rubbish taken away, and when the council say they want \u00a3150 to take away rubbish, it is very hard for people.\u201d<br \/>\nKen Bowring, 84, from Illtyd Road, Ely, said: \u201cIt is an inevitable problem. It has always been there. By the park on Frank Road, they have taken the fences out to get the bikes down there. There is always rubbish there and down behind the youth club on Pethybridge Road.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was always handy for me, if there was something you couldn\u2019t take, you could take it down Waungron Road. There was a huge petition in Fairwater against the closure.<br \/>\n\u201cNow you have got to go all the way down to Wendell Road near Roath Park if you want the same service,\u201d said Mr Bowring.<br \/>\nCabinet Member for the Environment, Coun Bob Derbyshire said: \u201cFigures show that prior to the closure of the Waungron Road facility the council\u2019s household waste and recycling centres were operating at 50 per cent capacity.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5387\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cs_flytipping4_online1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5387 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cs_flytipping4_online1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"cs_flytipping4_online\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5387 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cs_flytipping4_online1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"cs_flytipping4_online\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Fly tipping in Ely<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&#8220;At a time when the council is facing unprecedented financial pressure it is essential that we make best use of our facilities. In the first six months since Waungron Road closed, overall usage at our remaining household waste and recycling centres has risen to 69 per cent.<br \/>\n\u201cConcerns have also been raised in the community that closing Waungron Road household waste and recycling centre would cause an increase in fly-tipping in the area. In fact we have seen a fall in fly-tipping in Fairwater, Ely and Caerau.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fly-tipping in one Cardiff suburb has become so bad, residents say the area is beginning to look like a rubbish tip. At an Ely community PACT meeting earlier this month, residents talked of how \u201cindiscriminate dumping of rubbish\u201d was becoming a constant source of annoyance in the community. The issue was then further raised at an Ely, Caerau and Michaelston \u201cSuper PACT\u201d meeting on February 17. Sue Leader, board member for Action Caerau Ely, said: \u201cThe rubbish is partly linked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,3],"tags":[2691,1291,2692,115,2530,408,2531,35,739],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ely-caerau","category-news","tag-bob-derbyshire","tag-cardiff-2","tag-dumping","tag-ely","tag-fines","tag-fly-tipping","tag-illegal","tag-roath-park","tag-rubbish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Residents&#039; anger as illegal dumping reaches tipping point - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/03\/residents-anger-as-illegal-dumping-reaches-tipping-point\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Residents&#039; anger as illegal dumping reaches tipping point - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fly-tipping in one Cardiff suburb has become so bad, residents say the area is beginning to look like a rubbish tip. 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