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| Culprits of enormous Lichfield fly-tip should be jailed - MP | |
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| Diggers were brought in to help remove the illegally dumped waste | Diggers were brought in to help remove the illegally dumped waste |
| An MP has called for those behind a "genuinely staggering" mound of illegally dumped waste that blocked a road in his constituency to be jailed. | An MP has called for those behind a "genuinely staggering" mound of illegally dumped waste that blocked a road in his constituency to be jailed. |
| It comes as the council's investigation into the incident on Watery Lane in Lichfield has led officers to carry out searches at a number of waste sites - including some outside Staffordshire. | It comes as the council's investigation into the incident on Watery Lane in Lichfield has led officers to carry out searches at a number of waste sites - including some outside Staffordshire. |
| Lichfield MP Dave Robertson said nine households were trapped and 20 businesses were forced to shut as the enormous pile of rubbish cut off their only access. | Lichfield MP Dave Robertson said nine households were trapped and 20 businesses were forced to shut as the enormous pile of rubbish cut off their only access. |
| It had caused a risk to life, he said, as emergency services would have been unable to reach them. | It had caused a risk to life, he said, as emergency services would have been unable to reach them. |
| The other end is blocked while a new housing development is built - and the MP praised the developer for opening up a service route and for their assistance in the days since the dumping. | The other end is blocked while a new housing development is built - and the MP praised the developer for opening up a service route and for their assistance in the days since the dumping. |
| Mr Robertson says the incident caused a risk to life earlier this week | Mr Robertson says the incident caused a risk to life earlier this week |
| "This was not a few tyres out the back of a transit van," Mr Robertson said. | "This was not a few tyres out the back of a transit van," Mr Robertson said. |
| "This was an industrial scale, enormous fly-tip, which meant that the lane was completely unpassable from the north." | "This was an industrial scale, enormous fly-tip, which meant that the lane was completely unpassable from the north." |
| A waste management company brought in to tackle the issue said it was the largest clear-up it had ever had to deal with. | A waste management company brought in to tackle the issue said it was the largest clear-up it had ever had to deal with. |
| Raising the issue in Parliament, Mr Robertson said ministers were considering reforms to a scheme that registers businesses that buy, sell or transport waste. | Raising the issue in Parliament, Mr Robertson said ministers were considering reforms to a scheme that registers businesses that buy, sell or transport waste. |
| Minister for nature Mary Creagh said: "The carrier, broker and dealers' regime is not fit for purpose. | Minister for nature Mary Creagh said: "The carrier, broker and dealers' regime is not fit for purpose. |
| "I've asked officials to look at what we can do to strengthen that to avoid the sort of casual criminality that we saw [in Lichfield]." | "I've asked officials to look at what we can do to strengthen that to avoid the sort of casual criminality that we saw [in Lichfield]." |
| The mound of waste was dumped in just one night, in Watery Lane, Lichfield | The mound of waste was dumped in just one night, in Watery Lane, Lichfield |
| A spokesperson for Lichfield District Council said the investigation continued and they had obtained evidence from within the fly-tipped waste and nearby CCTV cameras. | A spokesperson for Lichfield District Council said the investigation continued and they had obtained evidence from within the fly-tipped waste and nearby CCTV cameras. |
| "As a result of this our Environmental Health officers have been to a number of waste sites, some of which are outside Staffordshire," they said. | "As a result of this our Environmental Health officers have been to a number of waste sites, some of which are outside Staffordshire," they said. |
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