“Secondary Tipping” Costs Dealers £2 million
In February, Kwik-Fit’s David White spoke of how the retailer spent £250,000 a year secondary tipping disposal costs itself.
According to the association, the survey was carried out in response to fears that the authorities tended to overlook this form of fly-tipping as the responsibility for disposal lay with the retailer where the tyres had been dumped.
Commenting on the response of the authorities NTDA Director Richard Edy said: “It’s a constant battle to ensure that this form of fly tipping, which we estimate is costing our membership several million pounds a year, is brought to the attention of the Local Authorities and the Environment agency.
“At the last meeting of the Used Tyre Working group where I represent tyre retailers, the Environment Agency gave little comfort when told that 46 per cent of members revealed in the survey that they didn’t even bother to report this form of fly-tipping because they were not interested in responding.”
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