We now have 656 on the ban contaminated green waste petition. There is also a forum you can pop along and have a chat - and maybe help us.
www.countrysidewatch.co.uk
Thanks for your help.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
600 and beyond....................................
Great News is that we are now on 610 signatories on the petition, but still need lots more. Please don't rely on somebody else.
Around 6 MP's are involved now, and we have had communication back from DEFRA and WRAP.
There is also a forum, for anybody to discuss the issue. If you are interested, you are also more than welcome to join The Team.
www.countrysidewatch.co.uk
Around 6 MP's are involved now, and we have had communication back from DEFRA and WRAP.
There is also a forum, for anybody to discuss the issue. If you are interested, you are also more than welcome to join The Team.
www.countrysidewatch.co.uk
Monday, March 12, 2012
Get the under 18's to sign please!
I've been making enquiries regarding younger people signing the petition, and here's the reply
Thank you for your message regarding e-petitions.
There is no bar to under-18s signing e-petitions. The only stipulation as to who can sign an e-petition, other than the citizenship/residency requirements is that we do ask that individuals who sign e-petitions use their own e-mail address when doing so.
Yours sincerely
Ben Sneddon
Assistant Private Secretary (Parliamentary Reform) to the Leader of the House of Commons
So please get your children to sign.
Still awaiting a reply from Countryfile.....................will keep you informed
Thank you for your message regarding e-petitions.
There is no bar to under-18s signing e-petitions. The only stipulation as to who can sign an e-petition, other than the citizenship/residency requirements is that we do ask that individuals who sign e-petitions use their own e-mail address when doing so.
Yours sincerely
Ben Sneddon
Assistant Private Secretary (Parliamentary Reform) to the Leader of the House of Commons
So please get your children to sign.
Still awaiting a reply from Countryfile.....................will keep you informed
Friday, March 9, 2012
We've just hit 500 signatures
I'm pleased to say that the campaign has just hit 500 signatures. This is a magnificent effort in only five days, but we need so many more.
And the bad reports keep coming in - these quotes were made by Metal Detectorists who are seeing this on a regular basis -
'It seems to be an increasing problem, i too have had a farm of 200 acres ruined due to green waste being ploughed in. Yes it annoyed me as i have scratched this permission off the list but clearly the bigger picture is the potential ecological impact; the fields are now just strewn with shards of metal, plastic, glass and gloop'.
'The stuff is horrible, they do it around here too and preferably plow it in deep straight away... for me such a field is soon out of bounds, digging up alu packaging at 30+ cm
'I had permission on some land my way and i will not be going back! Rubbish all over the fields, whole rip off tin lids and so many lemon squeezy bottles, the ones shaped like a lemon! This has to stop'!
'Last year the farmer spread tons of the stuff over the productive fields. He was told it was certified clean and Lancashire has lost what was a very productive site....its now full of foil, batteries, shredded aluminium...you name it its there. Prior to this the site had a lot of shredded cable on it but we were used to that and sort of put up with that.....its now ruined'.
"farmers should be made more aware of what is going on there land, its a disgrace what is going into the ground, there is 4 massive fields here stuff full of history, and a roman settlement on one part of it, its now completely undectable thanks to composted waiste,,which is mostly home base mdf bording shredded and mix with muck,,all them lovely finds are now lost in a mountain of,,screws,,pins,,copper wire, I tried to find out why this was alloyed ,but got nowhere"
And the bad reports keep coming in - these quotes were made by Metal Detectorists who are seeing this on a regular basis -
'It seems to be an increasing problem, i too have had a farm of 200 acres ruined due to green waste being ploughed in. Yes it annoyed me as i have scratched this permission off the list but clearly the bigger picture is the potential ecological impact; the fields are now just strewn with shards of metal, plastic, glass and gloop'.
'The stuff is horrible, they do it around here too and preferably plow it in deep straight away... for me such a field is soon out of bounds, digging up alu packaging at 30+ cm
'I had permission on some land my way and i will not be going back! Rubbish all over the fields, whole rip off tin lids and so many lemon squeezy bottles, the ones shaped like a lemon! This has to stop'!
'Last year the farmer spread tons of the stuff over the productive fields. He was told it was certified clean and Lancashire has lost what was a very productive site....its now full of foil, batteries, shredded aluminium...you name it its there. Prior to this the site had a lot of shredded cable on it but we were used to that and sort of put up with that.....its now ruined'.
"farmers should be made more aware of what is going on there land, its a disgrace what is going into the ground, there is 4 massive fields here stuff full of history, and a roman settlement on one part of it, its now completely undectable thanks to composted waiste,,which is mostly home base mdf bording shredded and mix with muck,,all them lovely finds are now lost in a mountain of,,screws,,pins,,copper wire, I tried to find out why this was alloyed ,but got nowhere"
A Statement from UK Detectornet
The Administration Team, Staff, and members of UKDN wholeheartedly support the campaign started on this forum to highlight the contamination issues surrounding some of the green waste currently being spread onto agricultural land in the UK.
Although the principle of recycling green waste is a sound one, organic material being good for the soil, it is the contamination of some of this material with non-organic waste, such as metal, and plastic, that is extremely concerning.
A UKDN Team member, Steve Wright, has produced a video of this contaminated material having been spread on a field. This is typical of the material being spread, and being widely reported by detectorists across the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDq9Ai_p7TI
Contamination of any description on agricultural land is severely detrimental for a myriad of reasons, including our own hobby of metal detecting, archaeological surveying methods, but of greatest concern must be the effect of this contamination on the wider environment, including flora and fauna on the farmland involved.
It appears that many processors are not following the government guidelines in preparing this material for composting the land on which it is to be spread. UKDN fully supports the call for tighter control, legislation, and enforcement, to bring this issue into line for the benefit of all concerned.
Please show your support, and concern, by signing the e-petition set up by another UKDN member and Moderator, Steve Rice, then follow the progress of this campaign on his blog.
http://bangreenwaste.blogspot.com/
A Statement from the NCMD
Received today a statement from the General Secretary of the National Council for Metal Detecting
The NCMD is concerned at the growing number of reports from members of metal particles present in Green Waste.
The metallic objects are not only a cause for concern among detector users, but could in theory interfere with any future archaeological geophysical examination of sites contaminated with this type of waste.
Trevor Austin
General Secretary NCMD
Thursday, March 8, 2012
An interesting article in The Daily Telegraph
Still awaiting responses from a number of organisations. But whist surfing the web came across this excellent article by Louise Gray at The Daily Telegraph
I've sent her an email: louise.gray@telegraph.co.uk Maybe others can too, to re-iterate just how bad this situation is. Also as Steve Wright has said - please send those photos. Comment on your experiences. We are upto 414 signatures, but there is a long way to go.
We have been promised a statement from detectorist.co.uk. As yet we have had excellent regional responses from the NCMD but no reply from The General Secretary. Is our email address correct? trevor.austin@ncmd.co.uk Also no response from FID. Members can you lobby them. We need as much help as we can get.
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