Crap Towns / Tower Hamlets / Pollution incidents
How often does Tower Hamlets get polluted?
7 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Tower Hamlets or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 164th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in February 2020 and put soil and clay on the land. Dust turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | Soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| October 2019 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| January 2019 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2018 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| July 2018 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| October 2016 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| January 2016 | Oil or fuel | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest | 8.8 km | 27 |
| Newham | 5.2 km | 14 |
| Lewisham | 7.6 km | 11 |
| Hackney | 4.5 km | 10 |
| Greenwich | 7.8 km | 9 |
| Southwark | 5.4 km | 9 |
| Tower Hamlets | – | 7 |
| Lambeth | 9.0 km | 5 |
| Westminster | 8.7 km | 5 |
| City of London | 4.0 km | 1 |