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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is installing CCTV cameras at recycling sites to deter fly-tippers




CCTV cameras are being installed at recycling centres across the borough of Basingstoke and Deane to crack down on fly-tippers operating at the sites.

The equipment, secured by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council with £48,800 of funding from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is part of a pilot project to reduce the number of people dumping waste illegally in the borough.

The recycling sites are at The Fieldgate Centre in Kingsclere, the Popley Fields Community Centre, Castons car park, Brighton Hill Centre and Winklebury Centre in Basingstoke, and Overton Hill car park in Overton.

Councillor Jenny Vaux at Castons car park where CCTV is being installed
Councillor Jenny Vaux at Castons car park where CCTV is being installed

Councillor Jenny Vaux said: “By installing surveillance cameras at these council-run recycling sites we are providing reassurance to local residents that we take the issue of antisocial behaviour very seriously.

“It also sends a clear message to those who fly-tip that we will not tolerate their criminal behaviour at these sites.”



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