A massive amount of fly-tipping has been dumped on a Civil War heritage site at Winwick, Warrington, causing outrage in the local community.
Members of the Winwick Litter Network attended at the site and enforcement officers at Warrington Borough Council have been alerted.
Local Cllr, Stuart Mann said: “Time and again we see the blight of fly-tipping and rubbish dumped along the rural roads in Burtonwood and Winwick as well as right across Warrington.
“Yesterday alone our local volunteer groups The Woody Wombles and Winwick Litter network collected over 60 bags of rubbish from littering hot spots around our community and this is less than 2 weeks since their previous litter pick.
“Every week the many incredible volunteer litter network teams of Warrington are out in all kinds of weather picking up the waste that others just selfishly discard.
Unfortunately and sadly these litter picks are becoming more and more necessary and frequent.
“Tomorrow evening at the Parr Hall, Warrington Borough Council will vote upon the budget for 2024/25.
“Along with the proposed 4.98% increase in our council tax, the £30m of cost savings includes a £95,000 cut in spending on environmental crime and a £65,000 cut in public bin provision across the town.
“I fear these cuts will only lead to even more incidents of littering and waste dumped on streets and fields.
“I sincerely hope that as a result of these cuts, these amazing volunteer networks are not going to become the first line of defence in the fight against littering and that WBC continues to do all that it can to prevent this blight in our communities.
Cllr. Mann added: “On a personal level the fly-tipping that was discovered yesterday on the historic Civil War battlefield in Hermitage Green is a clear disrespect for our heritage and beautiful countryside and I will be liaising with WBC enforcement officers to understand what more can be done to protect not only this location but all our open green spaces.
“I have spoken to both the landowner and WBC enforcement, who I may add were fantastic when I called them to ask for help.
“I don’t think they get the credit they often deserve so I would like to say thank you directly to them.
“I hope the rubbish will be moved within the next few days.”
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Get used to it with Warrington borough council closing refuse tips.
All WBC are after is your council tax payments to pay off the enormous debt they have accrued over the years.
This is nothing new the Friends of Peel Hall and Fight against Peel Hall Development groups used to get litter pickers and bags for rubbish with collection points on the Monday morning. I used to use my council allowance to buy litter pickers for people who wanted to join in by themselves. Areas like Buttonwood and Winwick I’m afraid are the isolated lane and fields where the dumping of household waste and rubbish takes place because they are quiet and isolated closing recycling places will only makes this worse but it’s the cowboys coming off the motorway that visit the often used places need protection maybe with cameras.