Hoad's Wood near Ashford has been labelled a “desolate wasteland” after thousands of tonnes of landfill waste was dumped there.
Residents living close to an ancient woodland that has been plagued by thousands of tonnes of dumped illegal waste are calling for the Environment Agency to “do the right thing” and immediately clear up the mess.
The Rescue Hoad’s Wood campaign group said local people were reporting up to 20 to 30 trucks dumping illegal waste a day to authorities from July 2023, and earlier cases of illegal activity were reported in 2020. Pictures of the site show the scale of the rubbish mounted up and encroaching on a patch of bluebells, while blue water also swamps the area.
The EA is currently assessing the risks to nature and the environmental impact of the waste on local air and water quality. Campaigners have said the bluebell woodland has been buried under landfill waste, which in some areas is 25 feet deep.On the calls for a clear-up, the campaigner said: “This isn’t going to go away. We’re going to keep going public with this and highlight all the shortcomings of the government, the EA and the machinery around it.”
They said: “Despite early alerts, a lack of prompt and effective intervention allowed the situation to deteriorate drastically into an environmental disaster.
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