An astonishing story has been posted on the Sutton Guardian website under the headline 'Council charges £35 to collect waste.... then dumps it in next town'.
The news story reads: Sutton Council faces accusations of gross hypocrisy after being caught illegally dumping two truckloads of garden waste in a neighbouring borough.The local authority invests thousands of pounds in combating fly-tipping but appears to have missed one of the biggest culprits: itself.
Photographs (courtesyy of Sutton Guardian) uncovered by the Sutton Guardian show a council van emptying rotting cuttings near a recreation ground in Reigate and Banstead.The evidence of environmental crime gives an astonishing answer to householders wondering where their green waste is going. You can read more here >>