SOCIAL HOUSING & COMMUNITY FACILITIES FLY-TIPPING LAID TO WASTE Illegal waste dumping is a growing problem in England, costing the tax
payer and waste removal industry £604m. By securing unprotected vacant properties, fly-tipping crimes can be avoided argues Simon Finneran, Managing Director of Ad Hoc Property Management.
There were approximately one million fly-tipping incidents in the country last year, roughly 114 every hour, with Central London being the worst offender at 238 fly-tipping cases per 1,000 people. Six other London boroughs alone made it into the top 10 worst in England.
The problem is compounded by unlicensed, rogue waste removal traders who pick up unwanted waste from a residence or business, take their money, and move the junk to a different location where they dump it illegally on the footsteps of another property or business (often alleyways or car parks).
Every day, facilities are affected by fly-tipping and it’s a problem that is getting worse. It goes without saying that this rogue practice has a negative impact on facilities and their surrounding area. The dumping of toxic and dangerous materials harms not only the environment, but the wildlife too. Rodents are also likely to become a problem.
“It is the responsibility of a property owner to pay for and legally
dispose of any illegally dumped material on their land.”
So how can we stop this growing problem?
The obvious solution is to protect property with effective security. Traditional security could run into the thousands as standard security guards costs around £300 per day, but Ad Hoc Property Management offer an alternative. With the use of their Smart Camera Security Tower at a fraction of the cost, business sites as varied as open land and farms to care homes, highway underpasses and common land can be protected.
“There were approximately one
million fly-tipping incidents in the country last year.”
The digital property security management system uses state-of-the art SMART technology and is able to magnify up to 150 yards and provide 360 degrees of protection, especially where parts of a property are concealed and are at risk. Whether the property is in use or sitting vacant, the cameras also help to ward off other forms of anti-social behaviour and record culprits on video.
Fly-tipping is a major headache for FMs and can come with a heavy price tag. Since property owners are responsible for removal costs, it is imperative that measures are taken to deter this problem from happening in the first place.
Facilities in the process of being sold or in the early stages of redevelopment are usually vacant. These types of properties tend to be more susceptible to crimes of an anti-social nature, as they appear to not be protected in any way. For vacant properties, Ad Hoc also offers its Guardianship scheme, where they place carefully-vetted, employed individuals into the property to temporarily reside until the building’s future is decided. The Guardian’s presence in the building wards off any illegal interests in the property.
For facilities owners, this problem is becoming a costly one. It is the responsibility of a property owner to pay for and legally dispose of any illegally dumped material on their land, and if a business uses an unlicensed company to remove waste which results in fly-tipping, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is now proposing that property owners receive an on- the-spot fine.
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A UK property owner, prior to installing Ad Hoc’s cameras, had been a victim of fly-tipping for nearly a decade resulting in millions of pounds in removal costs. The client has various properties around the UK which have all resulted in fly- tipping, and at one of their sites in London, the problem cost them £25,000 over the span of just one month.
The challenge with fly-tipping is that you don’t know what lies beneath the pile of rubbish. Without knowing if hazardous materials are in there, removal companies have to assume the worst and will charge you accordingly, so protecting your property is imperative.
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