Fly-tippers dump 200 tonnes of waste in countryside

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A major clean-up has begun after more than 200 tonnes of waste was illegally dumped on a retail park. The mountain of rubbish has been building up near St Oswald’s Retail Park, Gloucester, since February. Among the waste dumped without the landowner’s permission are household waste, white goods and even asbestos. So much has been fly-tipped at the site by multiple people that some of it is buried beneath the soil. The site has had a significant impact on nearby residents, wildlife and the surrounding environment. Nick Green, from the Environment Agency, said: ‘You’ve got waste here that’s going to be degrading not just immediately but also over a long period of time, so we would s