Appeal For Information On Fly Tipping Incident

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is calling for information from people on a fly-tipping crime near the North Wales coast. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

Its officers are working with the North Wales Police’s Rural Crime Team to investigate the tipper-load of household waste that was dumped near Llanelian yn Rhos, Old Colwyn. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

Among the materials dumped are sofas, a mattress and soiled nappies. Conwy Council is helping to clean up the site. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

Matt Roberts, Environmental Crime Team Leader for Natural Resources Wales, said: ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

“In Wales, 42,000 tonnes of illegally-dumped waste is reported each year. It costs the taxpayer a lot of money to clean up and spoils the local area for people. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

“This incident happened on the road between Betws yn Rhos and Glan Conwy and it’s quite possible that someone has seen this material being loaded, carried, or dumped. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

“We’d ask them to get in touch with us as soon as possible by reporting it to our incident hotline on 0800 807060 so we can find out who’s responsible ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

“To help tackle illegal dumping of waste we coordinate a partnership initiative called Fly-tipping Action Wales, which gives advice on how to get rid of waste safely, legally and responsibly.” ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​