Saturday, 11 May 2019

More Fly By Nights?

One might be seduced into believing that now campaigners and politicians are focusing on environmental issues facing the planet, problems will be solved.  This is somewhat countered, however, by reports of there being a circa 40% increase in the incidence of fly tipping in England over the last 6 years (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/11/incidents-of-fly-tipping-in-england-jump-by-almost-40-in-six-years). It just shows (on a micro-scale) how the actions of a thoughtless (or greed-motivated?) few can counter a prevailing mood to clean up our environment.

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