Illegal dumping on Drogheda’s Marsh Road is creating repeated fly-tipping incidents that require council staff to carry out cleanup near the Flogas premises. The problem is reported to cost approximately €500,000 per annum for cleanup after illegal dumping and related activity. Residents and commenters call for stronger enforcement, including more litter wardens, increased prosecutions, and temporary CCTV in known dumping blackspots. Some residents link the issue to rising waste disposal costs and limited recycling options, and they propose free bulky waste collections, improved recycling centre access, community collection days for bulky items, and longer opening hours. Others suggest some illegal dumping is enabled by unofficial waste removal operators advertising cheap clear-out services online.
"“It's costing approximately €500,000 per annum to clean up after so-called fly tippers and other people engaged in illegal dumping,” he said. “That's €500,000 that can't be spent in the town centre.”"
"One commenter suggested temporary CCTV cameras should be installed in known dumping blackspots, while others called for more litter wardens and increased prosecutions. “Proper enforcement is required,” one resident said, pointing to the low number of litter fines issued last year."
"Others argued that rising waste disposal costs and limited recycling options were contributing to the problem. Some residents called for initiatives similar to those used in other countries, including free bulky waste collections for households struggling with disposal costs."
"Another local resident said some people unknowingly contribute to illegal dumping by hiring unofficial waste removal operators advertising cheap clear-out services online. “You trust the removal companies and some of them are illegally dumping like this, and the person who organised it doesn't even know,” one commenter said."
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