Metal pollution hide British treasures forever

[lee greagsbey]

Sadly it's rising it's ugly head again...

"Metal pollution will hide British treasures forever, detectorists warn"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/0 ... g_share_fb

[muddy]

‘Green Waste’ is a nightmare.

[the barnacle]

we warned about this 10 yrs ago and even got it debated in parliament and on country file but detectorists failed to get behind the petitions. its not rising its ugly head again as it never went away.

[lee greagsbey]

we warned about this 10 yrs ago and even got it debated in parliament and on country file but detectorists failed to get behind the petitions. its not rising its ugly head again as it never went away.

I remember it well barnacle, you, Steve Rice and Sir Bob Russell... I was one of the ones who answered the battle cry and tried to rally support but i fear apathy defeated us...

[dig-it-pete]

I am surprised that the archeologists and the BM are not putting their weight behind banning this pollution?

I remember seeing a recent feature on the Countryfile TV programme about the amount of plastic waste also being spread on the land through this green waste, which according to the companies that produced the waste, was well within the government regulations for plastic in waste - absolute tosh in my opinion, there should be no metal or plastic being spread on fields at all - what is the matter with these people? Is it just money that speaks now

[lee greagsbey]

I know that it causes problems with the geophysics surveys... i recall David Williams telling me when the petitions were going around.

[the barnacle]

we warned about this 10 yrs ago and even got it debated in parliament and on country file but detectorists failed to get behind the petitions. its not rising its ugly head again as it never went away.

I remember it well barnacle, you, Steve Rice and Sir Bob Russell... I was one of the ones who answered the battle cry and tried to rally support but i fear apathy defeated us...

I remember Lee, there's only so much time you can put in without backup until you become a mad man.

I am surprised that the archeologists and the BM are not putting their weight behind banning this pollution?

I remember seeing a recent feature on the Countryfile TV programme about the amount of plastic waste also being spread on the land through this green waste, which according to the companies that produced the waste, was well within the government regulations for plastic in waste - absolute tosh in my opinion, there should be no metal or plastic being spread on fields at all - what is the matter with these people? Is it just money that speaks now

it was my footage used on country file - troble is its only us detectorists that see the problem as once ploughed in its gone - my local mp said it was fly tipped waste that i was reporting when i took the evidence to him.

[Hectorsfarm_]

I had a whole Roman site ruined because of this and solar panel installations...

[ageezer]

anglers are the worst of the lot dumping their rubbish in pristine areas ,beer cans and spam cans galore