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mross

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Dear Mr. Coward (I bet that name has never caused you issues in your life)

Yes it's absolutely fine to do it.

Only, in future you need to be dressed in black and choose a moonless night, probably around 3.00 am.

There are a couple or three addresses  I mean hedges backing onto the towpath at Milton Keynes which deserve it.  Another really suitable place is a housing estate near Glasgow.  It's nowhere near a canal, and takes a bit of a bus ride but this particular bloke sold me a car ten years ago knowing full well it was a bad 'un.

Some people think human excrement damages the health of the fairies at the bottom of the garden, when actually it's the Toilet Chemicals which can be a tad worrisome. If you follow This Link you'll find The Safety Data Sheet issued by Elsan for theirs.

If you haven't the inclination to be bothered to click on it, similar to that needed to dispose of a toilet's contents properly, then I'll detail a few of the lesser issues.

Main hazards Toxic by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed. Causes burns. Limited evidence of a carcinogenic effect. May cause sensitisation by skin contact.

Elsan Blue toilet fluid
2.2. Label elements
Acute Tox. 4: H312 - Harmful in contact with skin. Skin Irrit. 2: H315 - Causes skin irritation. Skin Sens. 1: H317 - May cause an allergic skin reaction. Eye Irrit. 2: H319 - Causes serious eye irritation. STOT SE 3: H335 - May cause respiratory irritation. Carc. 2: H351 - Suspected of causing cancer .
Precautionary Statement: Prevention
P102 - Keep out of reach of children. P262 - Do not get in eyes, on skin, or on clothing. P280 - Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.
Precautionary Statement: Response
P301+P312 - IF SWALLOWED: Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/ physician /if you feel unwell. P302+P352 - IF ON SKIN: Wash with plenty of water/ soap and water. P304+P340 - IF INHALED: Remove person to fresh air and keep comfortable for breathing. P305+P351+P338 - IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing.
Precautionary Statement:

So as you can see an issue or two for others to be bothered about ....... p'raps. However as it's not your land you're tipping the above on, plus your excrement onto why give a Flying Fox eh?

Being aware of your effective and I imagine well practised technique perhaps you could offer a service to others.  If when passing your moored boat it would be convenient for us to empty our bogs down your chimney, for you to dispose of later?

Regards

 

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When I started boating it was the done thing to dig a hole at the edge if a field and bury your crap in it, usually direct from the body and not from the bucket we didn't have toilets on board then just a bucket.

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6 minutes ago, RD1 said:

Surely a minimum of a fly tipping offence, and all the charges that go with it.

It's not as if there is no DNA evidence to prove it...

Report it, the evidence stands alone.

Good advice. After all the perpetrator doesn't give a "flying fox" about the environment. :angry:

Fly tipping carries a potentially unlimited fine.

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maybe he was just rinsing it out, but I don't usually give fly tippers and their like the benefit of the doubt.

 

named and shamed!   let it be an example to everyone to do the same with all anti-social bastards, from litterers in the park to truck drivers using their mobiles (I often wonder if the latter are texting, buying stuff on ebay, surfing for pornography or playing on-line games).  in any case they should be physically removed from their driving seats, their trucks impounded, and never allowed to have an HGV licence again.

............... rant over.

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9 minutes ago, Murflynn said:

maybe he was just rinsing it out, but I don't usually give fly tippers and their like the benefit of the doubt.

 

named and shamed!   let it be an example to everyone to do the same with all anti-social bastards, from litterers in the park to truck drivers using their mobiles (I often wonder if the latter are texting, buying stuff on ebay, surfing for pornography or playing on-line games).  in any case they should be physically removed from their driving seats, their trucks impounded, and never allowed to have an HGV licence again.

............... rant over.

Here here penalty never enough, back to original op where did this take place?

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2 hours ago, RD1 said:

Surely a minimum of a fly tipping offence, and all the charges that go with it.

It's not as if there is no DNA evidence to prove it...

Report it, the evidence stands alone.

I would second that suggestion of reporting this to C&RT, if you haven't done so already, so they can follow it up. 

 

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It would be my word against his in court so I can't be bothered to report them.  No one is going to sample the DNA!  I though photographing them in the act might be too obvious and provoke a reaction.  I have a witness.

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I doubt that C&RT will take any action as it is a 'pollution incident' and is the responsibility of the EA.

 

We had to have an EA discharge licence for our sewage treatment plant, but this was revoked a few years ago when it was decided that it was too expensive to maintain the licensing system and that anyone discharging less than 5 cubic metres per day became exempt.

6 minutes ago, mross said:

You can only dump the stuff with the landowner's permission...............  although, I agree, a lesser evil.

And no doubt C&RT have either given permission, or, renounced all ownership rights to the tow-path so will be taking no action.

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