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Waterways News Snippets

Town fury over litter clearing farce says the East Anglian Times…..

“A town council chairman has told of his anger at an “amazing” situation where no organisation is prepared to take responsibility for clearing rubbish from a prominent river”

This is one of the biggest problems on the waterways, especially in urban areas.  The Environment Agency say that the Councils in the area should clear the rubbish..

Alan Holzer said..

“..officials told me they (the Council) had contacted their legal department and it had been confirmed they were only responsible for litter in the park and on the river banks but not for litter dumped in the river”

“A spokesperson for the Environment Agency said that litter in rivers was the responsibility of local authorities.”

The article goes on to say that the Council will collect the litter from the river bank if it is taken out first and dumped there!   So for a town to have a clean river running through it, they have to come out of their houses, don their wellies and take it out the river themselves!!

Unbelievable!