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A Plethora of rubbish, plastics, cans, road cones, tyres all along the A627M from Sandbrook Park to the roundabout at Junction 20 of the M62

Reported via desktop in the Litter (NH) category anonymously at 15:46, Thu 6 April 2023

Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 4406894.

A Plethora of rubbish, plastics, cans, road cones, tyres all along the A627M from Sandbrook Park to the roundabout at Junction 20 of the M62. This stretches along the A627M towards the Castleton turnoff at Junction 2 all towards the roundabout and along the A627M towards Slattocks. Facts

While some plastics are reusable or recyclable, packaging and thicker plastic items are not. Plastic can take anywhere from 20 to 500 years to decompose, depending on the material's structure and environmental factors such as sunlight exposure.

The fact that water bottles do not biodegrade, but rather photodegrade means that it takes at least up to 1,000 years for every single bottle to decompose, leaking pollutants into our soil and water along the way. Yuck!

Aluminium cans can be recycled time and time again without losing any quality and more and more people are recycling their cans which helps to conserve non-renewable fossil fuels, reduce the consumption of energy and the emission of gasses like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

The problem is the other half – the vast amount of cans that end up in rivers/canals, on pavements, in fields, or the A627M and Junction 20 of the M62 around Castleton!

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  • Thank you for contacting National Highways about litter/fly tipping on the A627M and M62 junction 20.

    As previously stated, your report has been passed to our local inspector who will review the issue. Works to clear litter and fly tipping will be arranged as needed.

    If you would like a more detailed response on this matter, please contact our 24hr Customer Contact Centre • Email – info@nationalhighways.co.uk • Tel: 0300 123 5000

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by National Highways at 10:48, Tue 11 April 2023

This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.