{"id":716684,"date":"2026-01-24T03:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/716684\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T03:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:13:11","slug":"fly-tipped-waste-blocked-essex-road-until-it-was-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/716684\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly tipped waste blocked Essex road until it was removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Earlier today, B. G. Appleton Contracts Ltd collected a large amount of fly tipped waste from Chigborough Road in Heybridge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The abandoned rubbish, consisting of distinctive tiles, caused a blockage in the road.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Maldon Council is investigating the incident and is asking anyone with any information to come forward.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Waste &#8211; a close-up of the jagged tiles left in the road (Image: Maldon Council)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A council spokesperson said: &#8220;The waste is comprised of a large quantity of distinctive tiles, and had blocked the road until it was cleared.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We are actively investigating this incident, so if you recognise these tiles, or if you have recently used a contractor to dispose of similar waste, please let us know.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you for your help in keeping our local area clean and safe.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maldon.gov.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>www.maldon.gov.uk\/contact<\/strong><\/a> or call 01621 854477 and quote incident number 26\/00120\/PFTR.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Dumped &#8211; the fly tipped waste blocking the road (Image: Maldon Council)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier today, B. G. Appleton Contracts Ltd collected a large amount of fly tipped waste from Chigborough Road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-716684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115947896992328574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}