Warning- uninvited scrapmen Handsworth& Richmond

[ChrisT70]

uninvited persons (calling themselves scrapmen) currently prowling properties in the area without permission and lifting scrap and anything not bolted down.

white van and also white drop side vehicle, possibly taking registration numbers would be helpful. 2 visits per day at the mo by look of it.

[Mecky]

Remind me to put my old cooker out

[Hairyloon]

Report it to the environment agency unless you think they do have a waste handling license.

[B1gsy]

They steal oil from my work too :@

[ChrisT70]

now't to do with environment agency by look of it

from their website;

 

Incidents we deal with

You should call us to report incidents such as:

• damage or danger to the natural environment

• pollution to water or land

• poaching or illegal fishing

• fish in distress or dead fish

• watercourse blocked by vehicle or fallen tree causing risk of flooding

• illegal dumping of hazardous waste or large amounts of industrial waste

• incidents at waste sites we regulate such as landfill, transfer station etc.

• Illegal abstraction from watercourses

• unusual drop in riverflow

• collapsed or badly damaged river or canal banks

Incidents we don't deal with

You should not call us to report:

• gas leaks

• burst water mains

• discolouration, odour or taste of drinking water

• flooding from domestic burst pipe or overflow from highway drains

• fly-tipping of household rubbish or small amounts of commercial waste

• domestic noise nuisance

• odours from domestic or small commercial premises

• burning domestic or garden waste

• domestic infestations

• smoke emissions from vehicles

• road maintenance

• interruptions for electricity or water supplies

• blocked domestic drains and sewers

 

To report these issues please call your local authority or the appropriate utility company.

[staninoodle]

they came up hall rd late afternoon,ad on the van said,aston metals and had a phone number

[GrahamY]

now't to do with environment agency by look of it

from their website;

 

Incidents we deal with

You should call us to report incidents such as:

• damage or danger to the natural environment

• pollution to water or land

• poaching or illegal fishing

• fish in distress or dead fish

• watercourse blocked by vehicle or fallen tree causing risk of flooding

• illegal dumping of hazardous waste or large amounts of industrial waste

• incidents at waste sites we regulate such as landfill, transfer station etc.

• Illegal abstraction from watercourses

• unusual drop in riverflow

• collapsed or badly damaged river or canal banks

Incidents we don't deal with

You should not call us to report:

• gas leaks

• burst water mains

• discolouration, odour or taste of drinking water

• flooding from domestic burst pipe or overflow from highway drains

• fly-tipping of household rubbish or small amounts of commercial waste

• domestic noise nuisance

• odours from domestic or small commercial premises

• burning domestic or garden waste

• domestic infestations

• smoke emissions from vehicles

• road maintenance

• interruptions for electricity or water supplies

• blocked domestic drains and sewers

 

To report these issues please call your local authority or the appropriate utility company.

 

I do love a good quote. These copy and paste from other sources keep us glued to our seats.

[seadograwson]

theres a scuffy looking bloke mid 40s in a blue nissan cabstar pick up type open back with drop down sides its a w-reg had to clear him off it woodhouse area near village

[Hairyloon]

now't to do with environment agency by look of it...

Well, it is in neither list, but the fact is it is they that deal with, and supposedly enforce the waste handling licenses.

 

I have to admit that I have had a substantially contradictory correspondence with EA: I asked if this was something they were concerned with, and they said, yes, tell them any information, even if it is just a registration number of a suspect.

So I shortly tell them a registration number and they ask what I expect them to do about it.

[carosio]

On Tueday I passed a pick-up that had just been stopped by police on Moss Way. It was an S-reg Transit, all white with white cage on back loaded with scrap, gates etc. The driver looked around 30, well built with shaven head. Not necessarily doing anything illegal though, might have been a routine stop.