The Environment Agency has been ordered by the government to clear thousands of tonnes of illegally dumped waste from a Kent woodland.
Campaigners have been calling for the site in Hoad’s Wood near Ashford - a Site of Special Scientific Interest - to be cleared ever since the Environment Agency closed its entrance in January.
Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for the Environment, ordered the Environment Agency (EA) to provide a “written update” every two weeks and told it to “continue to provide such updates until all of the waste is cleared”.
Philip Duffy, chief executive of the EA, said in a letter to Mr Barclay that the cost would be “higher than first estimated” and recommended “making £15m available”.
The cost of the clearance is now estimated to be £15 million - up from £10 million, in part due to the potential presence of hazardous waste.
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Wait who dumped all this stuff?
That picture is shocking. Who the fuck is that determined to dump stuff that they go to the lengths of cutting down trees?
The people responsible need to be executed.
