Tonnes of rubbish finally removed from Goole Docks
Four thousand bales of waste have finally been removed Goole Docks, after months of controversy.
Bales of rotting paper were left at Goole Docks by Leeds Paper Recycling (LPR) last year, causing complaints from residents and businesses about a strange smell in the town and flies circulating.
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Long-running saga: Tonnes of paper waste bales left at Goole docks. Picture: Sean Stewart
An enforcement notice was issued to NW Trading, which manages by the land, by the Environment Agency back in December.
NW Trading confirmed it had received the notice but said it was not guilty of any offence as the waste was owned by LPR.
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LPR received a similar order, requiring it to remove the waste by July 11, but 945 bales remained.
The final bales of waste have now been removed following work by Environment Agency staff and NW Trading.
Team Leader Ian Cowie said: "We're very pleased that all the bales have finally been moved. We have been working hard behind the scenes and it's been a longer process than we would have liked, but our efforts have meant that there has been no cost to the public purse.
"We appreciate that residents may have been concerned, and would like to apologise for the delay, but we have a duty not to incur more costs than necessary, and we believe this policy has now paid off."
Mr Cowie said the Environment Agency was carrying out a criminal investigation into the dumping of the waste, and was unable to comment further on the subject.
He added: "Waste crime can cause pollution, puts human health at risk and undermines legitimate businesses. We take it very seriously and will take action."
4 Comments
by Clem_
Thursday, February 28 2013, 4:45PM
“I'm surprised that they didn't leave the rubbish and take Goole.”
by Charleychuck
Thursday, February 28 2013, 2:56PM
“I believe that these bales were intended for incineration as " fuel from waste" in the Netherlands. NWT are at fault as they were not authorised to store waste,they possibly didn' t know that it was. LPR should have had a licence to export it, I don't know if they had. Who ever deliveried it should have had a waste carriers licence. If they had callled it Biomass they could have burnt it here , saved on shipping and hassle and also saved a few thousand cubiic meters of landfill at £xx per tonne.”
by DarylFrtnite
Thursday, February 28 2013, 2:05PM
“As this story is rubbish and nothing to do with Hull, can we comment on the main story and ask why a drowned scumbag thief is a tragedy? Surely all criminals should be treated in the same way?”
by VicMay
Thursday, February 28 2013, 12:37PM
“"Bales of rotting paper were left at Goole Docks by Leeds Paper Recycling (LPR) last year, causing complaints from residents and businesses about a strange smell in the town and flies circulating."
I wondered what all the flies were doing and the funny smell was last time I was in Goole, mind you thinking back, that was 2006 ;-)”