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Hoad's Wood: Environment Agency ordered to clear waste (www.bbc.co.uk)

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The Environment Agency has been ordered by the government to clear thousands of tonnes of illegally dumped waste from a Kent woodland.

Campaigners have been calling for the site in Hoad’s Wood near Ashford - a Site of Special Scientific Interest - to be cleared ever since the Environment Agency closed its entrance in January.

Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for the Environment, ordered the Environment Agency (EA) to provide a "written update" every two weeks and told it to "continue to provide such updates until all of the waste is cleared".

Philip Duffy, chief executive of the EA, said in a letter to Mr Barclay that the cost would be "higher than first estimated" and recommended "making £15m available".

The cost of the clearance is now estimated to be £15 million - up from £10 million, in part due to the potential presence of hazardous waste.

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[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That picture is shocking. Who the fuck is that determined to dump stuff that they go to the lengths of cutting down trees?

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

The people responsible need to be executed.