A large amount of ‘commercial’ rubbish was dumped on the roadside of Rue du Panigot in St Peter several weeks ago and further unwanted household items – including an ironing board – were seen yesterday.
‘There is a small lorry load there and more has been dumped over the weekend,’ Constable John Refault said.
‘Rubbish attracts more rubbish. People will have seen that rubbish has been left there and taken the opportunity to dump stuff there rather than taking it to Bellozane or the incinerator.
‘This is a lovely, rural, green lane and somebody has come along and dumped it. It is a form of vandalism and having no respect for the countryside. There is no place in Jersey for people with that attitude.’
Mr Refault said that the rubbish, which was reported by an Islander to the Parish Hall, will be removed by the States as soon as possible and consists of mostly timber, old carpets, wallpaper and a toilet door.
The Constable believes that although there will ‘always’ be people who take the risk and dump their rubbish, members of the public should help in stopping the perpetrators by making a note of a vehicle’s registration, if they see a car or van in an unusual place.
‘People should report any fly-tipping that they see to the Parish Hall and we can look into it,’ Mr Refault said. ‘But we or the honorary police can’t be there 24 hours a day, seven days a week so we have to rely on the public.
‘If people see a vehicle and note their registration we will be able to track it and if there is evidence of them fly-tipping then we can deal with it.’
- In November 2014, the JEP revealed that Convent Court was one of three St Helier fly-tipping hotspots.
- At the time, Debra DOrleans, director of municipal services for the parish of St Helier, said it was dealing with new cases seven days a week and identified three notorious hotspots – Chapel Lane, Convent Court, and Belmont Road.
- It followed a man being fined £170 for dumping a sofa in Convent Court eight times what it would have cost him to have had it removed legally.
- Debra said at the time that authorities across the Island were battling to keep on top of the problem, with new cases being reported every day. She said that large household goods such as microwaves, refrigerators and sofas were just some of the items being found regularly and that there had even been a case of potentially cancer-causing asbestos illegally dumped.
- Speaking at the time, she said: We have a driver whose job it is to go around and move heavy, dumped items. It is happening every day, seven days a week. We do not want parishioners to see what we see.
