Fly-tipping in Spain? Don't.

August 06, 2019, 09:03 AM

This Spanish gentilhombre was caught tipping a large refrigerator over a cliff, and laughing as he did so. Here in Europe, dropping your trash off the back of your truck onto the countryside - NOT a registered trash disposal site - is called fly-tipping. It is prevalent among to so-called 'travelling community' who dump their shite, and 'travel' somewhere else.

Sad for him he was made the subject of a movie...well, read for yourselves what happened next...

https://www.theguardian.com/wo...rag-it-back-up-video

August 06, 2019, 09:14 AM

Skins2881

That's awesome, but what is fly tipping?

August 06, 2019, 09:17 AM

sigmonkey

quote:
Originally posted by Skins2881:
That's awesome, but what is fly tipping?

quote:
...dropping your trash off the back of your truck onto the countryside - NOT a registered trash disposal site - is call fly-tipping...

August 06, 2019, 09:27 AM

ubelongoutside

Am I reading correctly that he was fined 45,000 euros?

If so that's insane, granted I hate litterbugs, but even I think that's a bit excessive.

August 06, 2019, 10:11 AM

Stlhead

In a perfect world there would be no fine for littering, just 10 lashes.

August 06, 2019, 10:13 AM

vinnybass

That's north of $50k.

What a dumbass. I bet he won't do that again.

I despise these sonsabitches. They'll dump anything in the desert around here. The trash outfit picks up large items twice a month. There's no reason for it.

August 06, 2019, 10:39 AM

corsair

quote:
Originally posted by ubelongoutside:
Am I reading correctly that he was fined 45,000 euros?

If so that's insane, granted I hate litterbugs, but even I think that's a bit excessive.

What would be a reasonable fine for littering like this? Particularly against somebody as flagrant and flippant of the laws that they recorded their activity.

Contractors and home improvement projects are the biggest culprits of illegal dumping. It's not hard to drive down any country road and see a pile that was pushed-out of the back of a truck or, look down a steep ravine and see a variety of 'unnatural items' strewn about. Good on Spain for nailing this guy.

August 06, 2019, 11:06 AM

FiveFiveSixFan

He sounds like a good candidate for the Group W bench.

August 06, 2019, 12:32 PM

rtquig

I was recently in Barcelona. We came in too late for the tour bus and were taken directly to the port to get on our ship. I though the U.S. had a lot of garbage, but going into the bad part of the city there was garbage dumped everywhere.

August 06, 2019, 12:42 PM

KMitch200

quote:
Originally posted by FiveFiveSixFan:
He sounds like a good candidate for the Group W bench.

Well played sir.

August 06, 2019, 01:52 PM

shovelhead

quote:
Originally posted by corsair:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ubelongoutside:

Contractors and home improvement projects are the biggest culprits of illegal dumping. It's not hard to drive down any country road and see a pile that was pushed-out of the back of a truck or, look down a steep ravine and see a variety of 'unnatural items' strewn about. Good on Spain for nailing this guy.

Detroit is the dumping ground in S/E Michigan.

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August 06, 2019, 03:28 PM

sns3guppy

I was envisioning something like cow tipping, but with houseflies. Doesn't seem much of a sport.

August 06, 2019, 03:32 PM

tacfoley

It's called fly-tipping because most times the miscreants push the trash off the back of a moving truck of some kind - 'on the fly' as it's called here...

The 'travelling community' here in UK are most prolific offenders.

August 06, 2019, 04:05 PM

Oat_Action_Man

quote:
Originally posted by tacfoley:

The 'travelling community' here in UK are most prolific offenders.

I gather that's the politically correct term for that particular culture....

August 06, 2019, 04:13 PM

Strambo

"Pikeys" is the term Hollywood taught me.

That is great, made him haul it up and fined him. I hate a scum who litter the world like this, wish more would get caught.

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August 06, 2019, 04:36 PM

corsair

quote:
Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
quote:
Originally posted by tacfoley:

The 'travelling community' here in UK are most prolific offenders.

I gather that's the politically correct term for that particular culture....

Gypsies or Rumneys, it's English for 'we've been here for hundreds of years but, we refuse to assimilate'

The show Peaky Blinders romanticizes this group.

August 06, 2019, 06:10 PM

Oat_Action_Man

I just imagine Brad Pitt saying "periwinkle blue" over and over any time they come up in conversation.

August 08, 2019, 09:22 AM

SgtGold

quote:
Originally posted by Strambo:
"Pikeys" is the term Hollywood taught me.

That is great, made him haul it up and fined him. I hate a scum who litter the world like this, wish more would get caught.

So, do ya like dags?

August 08, 2019, 09:55 AM

Rightwire

That is what I call a common sense punishment. You make the mess, you clean it up.

Oh, and here's your fine!

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August 08, 2019, 10:05 AM

HRK

Well chalk one up for social media, finding stupid people who post things with their face, truck tags, and then hope to cash in...

You can clearly see his face in the fly tipping video he made, wonder why they blurred him out on the back haul.

Good for Spain, the Ahole probably made good money off you tube views, so Spains getting some of that out of his wallet.