Large PPE store to be removed from New Forest caravan site

The large stockpile of PPE, discovered dumped at a caravan site, is set to be removed due to its violation of the site’s license. 

The PPE was discovered on April 4th at Little Testwood Farm in Calmore, Hampshire.

Hampshire County councillors were informed previously that the equipment may have been discarded as substandard during the Covid-19 pandemic and unlawfully dumped.

But the New Forest District Council clarified that the PPE was stored on pallets and intended for recycling. 

According to a statement from the district council, “[The kit] was being stored on the land in contravention of the caravan site licence conditions.” They further explained, “All the material is packaged and palletized and is due to be removed from the site for processing and recycling into plastic bags over the coming weeks.”