London council cracks down on fly tipping

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A north-west London council has started a new scheme to tackle fly-tipping, which has led to a 141% increase in fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued in a month.   We ask Londoners whether they think it’s a good idea.

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00:00A North West London council has started a new scheme to tackle fly-tipping, which has

00:05led to a 141% increase in fixed penalty notices issued in a month. As part of the initiative,

00:14Brent council said it had employed more patrol teams which can issue fines of up to £1,000.

00:21The council said 851 people had been issued with an FPN for fly-tipping in the month up

00:27to 27th of June.

00:57You know, on the ground, it's kind of a shame, it sort of seems like a sign that people are

01:03not really invested in their community.

01:07I think, I mean littering is not great for the environment obviously, but is it like,

01:12I know that people, I mean is it like just littering, or you know people who dump furniture,

01:16is it that includes that as well? I think there should be help as well, because obviously

01:20usually the poor people, they can't dispose because they haven't got a vehicle, they can't

01:24afford to take the things to the tip, so there's also that aspect, there's obviously being

01:27like disrespectful, but there's also the aspect of not having the income to dispose of your

01:32furniture I guess, so they just dump them on the street, so increasing like the fines

01:36is not always the answer really.

01:39I guess the reason people do that is that they feel like nothing's going to happen,

01:45which is probably true most of the time. So yeah, if they can, yeah I mean if it's illegal

01:50then they should either enforce it or change the law and make it not illegal, or make it

01:55easier to get rid of stuff like that.

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