
Asbestos: a hazard to people and the environment
Rarely does a week go by without a newspaper condemning people for fly-tipping, dumping or illegally disposing of waste. And, very often, those stories contain a word that causes the reader’s grip to tighten in exasperation – that word is ‘asbestos’.
Newspapers across the country are regularly reporting that asbestos has been dumped, causing potential danger to not only the local environment, but to animals and people. Last year asbestos was found in a huge rubbish fire in