On August 20th 2007, the South Wales Echo reported that rubbish bags marked "blue asbestos" had been left in a South Wales street – for a month!
The bags were cordoned off by plastic fencing, but residents said they could pose a health hazard and demanded urgent action to remove them.
The bags were left at the corner of Queens Road and John Street, Penarth, where an urban regeneration project by the Vale of Glamorgan council is underway.
John Street resident Gary Davis, 53, a garage worker, said: "I rang the council three weeks ago to tell them about it. They said it would take specialist people to remove them and action would be taken. Nothing has happened since and the bags – about half a dozen of them – are still there.
"I think they contain roof slates. They are clear bags with a warning triangle with black and white stripes and are marked ‘blue asbestos’. . But it is a concern.
A spokesman for the council said it is believed that fly-tippers had dumped the bags at the site and they would be removed as soon as possible.
To read the full account please click on the link below:
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/southwalesecho/news/tm_headline=bags-of-asbestos-left-in-street-8211-for-a-month&method=full&objectid=19662799&siteid=50082-name_page.html#story_continue
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