Odd one...fridge dumped in front of my front door and council say its tough....

thesaint

So many posts about a fridge, definitely a 'slow news day'

ts_aly2000 wrote: »

That's a damn good idea actually. As retailers are now required under EU law to take away old items.

Wrong.

nick22abdn

Surely they have to prove that it was you that dumped it on the pavement - they cannot just assume that was the case. Nor can they even be sure that it is the same fridge that you phoned about. Whilst it may be a bit too much of a coincidence that a fridge happened to be dumped on the pavement just outside your property after the earlier call there is no way that they can prove it was you.

Then phone them a couple of days later to notify them that there is a fridge on the pavement and as a council tax payer you consider this to be a health and safety issue and could hurt you!!

Generali

Oh !!!!!!, get rid of the bl00dy thing and get on with your life.

Sheeeesh.

MonkeySaving?

To the OP, unfortunatley you made the wrong call with the council, but if it happens in the future you know you need to move that bad boy onto the road before calling them Lesson learnt i think?

molerat

ts_aly2000 wrote: »

OK then !!!!!!, explain this; http://www.miele.co.uk/about/Environmental/default.htm .

The retailer has to enable the consumer to return their weee free of charge. One way of doing this is to put up a notice telling them how to find out where their nearest weee collection centre is. http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file41165.pdf :cool:

seven-day-weekend

sooz wrote: »

do you have an elderly relative?

they have other uses other than just B and Q wednesdays you know....

I take my excess large rubbish and fridges when I go round to my dad's. He is over 60. He calls our same council, and he gets it collected for free, whereas I'd have to pay £25.

sometimes i make him come and collect it too!

If you can take it to your dad's, why not just take it to the tip??

Doozergirl

I can't believe you lot would dump a fridge in the street just to be rid of the responsibilty!

It's a fridge, it is moveable. It's a PITA but other people's rubbish often comes as part and parcel of owning an empty property.

thesaint

ts_aly2000 wrote: »

OK then !!!!!!, explain this; http://www.miele.co.uk/about/Environmental/default.htm .

Sorry , my mistake... but if you scrolled further down:

7. What about heavy items?

...They can choose whether or not to charge you for this.

Check mate.

Debt_Free_Chick

As has already been said ...... the Council is only responsible for moving rubbish on "public" land.

You pay Council Tax for the Council to provide public services. The removal of rubbish dumped (flytipping) on private land is not a public service - as the land is owned by someone and that someone can choose to leave it there, or remove it - but the landowner is responsible for their own land.

If you put "fly tipping private land" into Google, just about every local authority appears in the search results, telling you that it is not their responsibility to remove waste dumped on private land.

Very many - including the Environment Agency - would dearly like local authorities to deal with all flytipping but they simply don't have the resources and the system would be open to abuse e.g. some would claim that their own rubbish was flytipping and get the council out to deal with it, whereas currently they take it to the tip.

It used to be the case that fly-tipping on private land was simply a trespass, which is a civil wrong so the landowner would need to sue for damages. But of course, you never know who commits the trespass, so that option is out.

Now, fly-tipping is a criminal offence and should be reported to the Police. But, for the same reason, they cannot take any action unless the identity of the culprit is known or suspected.

In addition, you can report the incident to your local authority - but that's purely to get the incident recorded.

Large amounts of waste and/or hazardous waste may be removed by the Environment Agency.

In general, it's the landowner's problem.

More from the Environment Agency

RHYSDAD

put it on freecycle, someone will have it!!