Rogue tradesmen blighting Leeds streets with illegally dumped waste are the target of a new scheme to crackdown on fly-tipping.
Leeds City Council has launched its accredited waste carrier scheme, which enables residents to choose from a selection of trustworthy, city-based businesses to take away their waste.
One of the first businesses to sign up was LAH Waste, which boss Craig Risdon named after kids Lacey, Alfie and Harrison.
Leeds City Council has launched its accredited waste carrier scheme, which enables residents to choose from a selection of trustworthy, city-based businesses to take away their waste.
One of the first businesses to sign up was LAH Waste, which boss Craig Risdon named after kids Lacey, Alfie and Harrison.
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00:00 So Craig you're one of the accredited waste carriers, what does that mean?
00:07 It's going to help people in the process of getting the waste shifted quicker so they're
00:11 not waiting around for the council to backdate them with their waste and we're going to be
00:15 able to help them out in that respect.
00:18 There's so many reports of fly tipping in Leeds, why do you think that is? Is it because
00:22 they're not accredited?
00:23 Because they're not accredited and they're going around underquoting us as a company
00:28 and they're just underquoting everyone.
00:43 This is Leeds accredited waste carriers scheme which means that everybody who actually collects
00:50 rubbish from households, large items in particular, that they are legally, they've got all the
00:58 paperwork, they are legal, responsible and local as well. It's not just anybody who isn't
01:07 licensed and people just get it off maybe social media and then those people who aren't
01:12 licensed have got no legal responsibility and they can sometimes tip their waste anywhere
01:21 on a country line, in a back alleyway or anywhere which then we as a council have to remove it.
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