Wiltshire Environmental Protection teams seized the opportunity to launch Noise Action Week with a CRUNCH!!!!!
The Environmental Protection Team and A Squadron of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment joined forces in front of the local press of Wiltshire. The regiment kindly provided a Challenger II tank, weighing approximately 72 tonnes to crush seized noise equipment collected over the last two years.
Richard Francis (EHO), said this: ” We have had a large number of seizures which have resulted in prosecutions and full forfeiture of equipment to dissuade potential future offenders. The majority of equipment crushed is of poor quality although still very capable of causing neighbourhood nuisance.
“We’re hoping that both the radio and newspaper coverage will highlight to the public that the council are here to help tackle neighbourhood noise nuisance and demonstrates we can deal with it effectively.”
Through the first year of Wiltshire Council the Environmental Protection team have received over 1600 domestic noise complaints with the majority of these being music related. The team have concentrated forging closer links with both the local Neighbourhood policing teams and housing associations and see both as a valuable resource for witnessing incidents of noise nuisance and educating the offenders.
All the Equipment crushed did not have a saleable value and the remaining items were disposed to an Authorised Approved Treatment Facility for disposal in compliance with the WEE directive.
As well as the launch, the EP team has been out promoting noise action week across the towns of Wiltshire in the Noise Bus. They have been jointly working with the Dog wardens and the Anti social behaviour teams.
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