Litter control at waste management sites

Litter can often be a serious problem on waste management sites especially landfills and is normally controlled by conditions attached to the waste licence. Operators must ensure that their site operating procedures tackle this problem in a consistent and reliable way, for example by ensuring that working areas are covered at night, and that screens are erected to trap windblown litter. Vehicles bringing material to sites, and waiting to discharge loads both within and close to sites, must be appropriately netted or sheeted until unloading starts. Planning Service will liaise with the relevant licensing authority (currently the District Council) with regard to this issue.