Council goes ‘space-age’ in illegal backyard burning clampdown

A LOCAL authority has gone “space-age” with its very own eye in the sky as part of a major clampdown on backyard burning and illegal dumping.

Waterford County Council has invested in satellite technology to boost its campaign against backyard burning and illegal dumping.

The new Global Positioning System (GPS) technology will pinpoint households which are not disposing of their waste according to the law, says Luke O’Brien of the council’s environment section.