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BBC: "Springwatch: Great Blakenham landfill's wildlife haven"
"Endangered newts are thriving at a landfill site in Suffolk, which has a legal requirement to protect them.
The BBC's Springwatch has been looking at the wildlife that lives on rubbish dumps, which also includes snakes, badgers and birds. Viridor, which runs the Great Blakenham landfill near Ipswich, has to move great crested newts to safe wildlife areas within its site.
Clive Barber, general manager, said:
"In 1996, 100% of household waste went to landfill, but it is down to 40% in 2011. At the moment we've got about five million cubic metres of void space left, so we're probably going to be here for the next ten to fifteen years.
"People are now more green - we're not using as many carrier bags and things like that. There's still a way to go, but we are changing."
there is no evidence of crested newts in pinkham wood
ReplyDeleteSoooooo, let's introduce some!
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