Working over ten days, they hired an excavator costing roughly £1,000 and cleared a heavily polluted 250 metre stretch of Alders Brook, a tributary of the River Roding in Barking, East London.
The main issue is that he used heavy machinery for cleanup. If it was by hand it probably wouldn’t have resulted in any legal matter
Yeah, he went way beyond simply removing trash:
The team removed more than 200 bags of rubbish along with branches, thick layers of silt, weeds, discarded household appliances, used needles and even abandoned weapons. Their goal was to restore the natural flow of the water and remove years of accumulated waste.
He basically dug up the entire riverbed. That isn’t something people should just be doing ad-hoc.
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/who-is-paul-powlesland-uk-lawyer-who-removed-200-bags-of-river-waste-now-faces-up-to-2-years-in-prison-over-permit-dispute/articleshow/131881504.html
The main issue is that he used heavy machinery for cleanup. If it was by hand it probably wouldn’t have resulted in any legal matter
Is 2 years ridiculous? Probably. But using an excavator for cleaning is definitely not a smart move for someone who’s a lawyer
For reference an excavator is one of the construction machine with the hydraulic hand that is used to dig or grab stuff
In the same post they say he’s facing up to 2 years in jail and a image saying he’s jailed already for 2 years…
edit: and if you end those permit law I think it might open ways for bad things mostly.
Yeah, he went way beyond simply removing trash:
He basically dug up the entire riverbed. That isn’t something people should just be doing ad-hoc.
Fully agree, but there seems to be no better alternative.
Exactly, it seems the environment agency is useless.
https://youtu.be/yjfrJzdx7DA