Great Yarmouth News : Search for 'rubbish'
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Tuesday 24th November 2009Beware the dodgy operators
Families in Great Yarmouth are urged to be on the lookout for dodgy operators who take money for removing rubbish and waste and then flytip it nearby. The men often ask only a few pounds for removing small quantities of rubbish but also offer full...
Tuesday 25th August 2009
Help us find flytipping pests
People living in Great Yarmouth are being asked to help track down the culprits behind one of the biggest flytipping offences ever seen in the town centre. Furniture, clothing, toys and many other items and rubbish which may have come from a house...
Monday 30th March 2009
Top of the UK RIPA fly-tipping charts
Great Yarmouth council has used RIPA - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act - legislation to monitor fly-tipping more than any other council in the UK. The 61 cases where video surveillance was used in an attempt to deal with illegal tipping were ...
Sunday 18th December 2005
Grim Haul in Graveyard Cleanup
A cleanup of the vast graveyard around St Nicholas Church by the Council "deep clean" squad has produced an unwelcome haul. Workmen filled 60 sacks with rubbish including beer cans and plastic bottles. Rough sleepers and drug abusers had also left so...
Friday 1st April 2005
Wheelies rolled out
More wheelie bins are due to be rolled out to around 11,000 homes on two Gorleston housing estates and in some southern parishes. Each household will have a green bin for recycling and a grey one for other rubbish.
Thursday 8th April 2004
Wheelie Bin Rubbish Revolution
Great Yarmouth householders are to be issued with whelie bins to replace the present "black sack" system of refuse collection. Having been the subject of much dispute between the current Conservative local council and the Labour opposition group, gro...
Friday 26th March 2004
Regent Clean-Up Blitz
A co-ordinated campaign by council departments, the police and truancy officers swept through Great Yarmouth's Regent ward on Wednesday to effect a major clean-up for the community. The Regent ward, in the centre of the town, is officially classified...
Wednesday 4th February 2004
Flytipper Filming
Persistent flytippers will be caught out following the introduction of miniature cameras at known troublespots around Great Yarmouth. The tiny devices - no larger than a cigarette packet - will relay images to the town's central CCTV system so culpri...
Monday 3rd November 2003
Green Caister
Following successful trials in Gorleston, Bradwell and Belton, Caister is now lined up to be included in the Council's "green box" kerbside recycling scheme. Households will be distributed the boxes for recyclable waste, which are collected fortnight...
Monday 29th September 2003
Bradwell Disney Dig
An allotment at Bradwell is set to appear on The Disney Channel in a programme about childrens hobbies. The Young Archaeology Group are preparing to dig for Roman and Victorian artifacts, the site being close to the old Roman fort at Burgh Castle and...
