Lime bikes dumped in canals and rivers ‘posing pollution risk’

Since the rental plans were introduced throughout England, hundreds of lime was thrown into rivers and channels as they increased concerns about pollution and floods.

Canal and River Trust said it was a national problem and that he had to spend thousands of pounds to get bikes from waterways.

Philanthropy said that Nottingham is a certain hot spot of eight or nine lime bikes from the channel every week.

The US company Lime, which operates the rental plan in Nottingham and other cities, said BBC was working with various authorities to solve the problem.

According to the Environmental Agency, electric bicycles have a risk of pollution, because if the batteries are dipped into water, it contains substances that can enter a water path.

Channel and River Trust, the number of national lime bikes “thousands of people”, he said.

“Although the quantities are a source of concern and a evacuation in these resources, a bike alone can easily damage thousands of pounds of damage, tens of thousands of pounds in the channel infrastructure and cause damage to wild life.” He said.

Philanthropy asked Lime to cover the cost of buying bikes, but no agreement was reached.

“If I am honest, I want them to respond to their e -mails and come back to us,” Mr. Vincent said.

“They ignore it as a problem, and it’s a real shame.”

Toni Robinson, the founder of Nottingham’s small garbage selections, said that the band bought 23 lime bikes from the LEEN River in the Bulwell region of the city.

He said he wrote for lime, but the company didn’t answer him.

“I want them to stop them from entering the river.” He said.

He continued: “We are trying to keep the river clean from pollution, and then we probably polluted these bikes that pollute the river than the trash we’ve ever found so far.”

Mrs. Robinson is particularly worried because e-bikes are strengthened with lithium ion batteries and are concerned about substances entering the water.

Lime believes that unless people pay them to drive them, they should have placement bays to keep bikes locked.

“I think young people get bored and I think ‘I will throw them into the river, Rob Robinson said.

“Only continues. We choose one, and there’s one more.”

Ethan Radford, the leader of Nottingham City Council, is concerned about wearing birds and entering the Leen River to buy lime bikes.

He said that the lime scheme was introduced in the spring of 2023 two years ago.

Radford, who helped Robinson’s group, said, “On a certain occasion, we released about five bicycles in one day.” He said.

“Obviously there are environmental concerns. These things don’t belong to the river. A natural living space.”

The Environmental Agency said it was in the process of establishing a meeting with lime following the “repeated initiatives”.

“Expanding electric bicycles or other wastes into rivers can cause environmental damage, affect water quality, and damage water life.” He said.

“Although we have concerns of pollution, we are mainly lifting other waterways in the region, such as the Leen River in Nottinghamshire and Nethergate Brook and Ouse Dyke to prevent blockages and reduce the risk of flooding for local communities.”

The consensus is that lime bikes are thrown into the water by the people who steal them instead of paying to customers.

Lime bikes do not need to be physically locking in parking places, which makes them easier to play.

Bicycles have a pedal locking mechanism, but This may “be attacked”, so people can take them without paying.

Mrs. Robinson said she witnessed it.

“I know that people can wander with them with the output of the alarm, so they can still use the bike without any details,” he said.

“There are often children passing me on the street, and ‘beep beep sound’ goes and they normally pass.”

“Evidence shows that there are no customers who do not cause any problems that cause problems, including evidence, leaving bicycles or pouring bicycles in rivers and channels,” the municipal council’s transport team said in a statement.

Radford accepted. “Not the people who use the scheme that causes the problem,” he said.

“People who come next, who see a series of bicycles, get advantages and do something stupid.”

Radford believes that the problem can be solved if lime requires customers to lock bikes in bays like some rental bicycle operators.

He said, “There’s nothing to push you, put you on the ground, put it on the road, take it to the river, for example, from taking it to the river if not locked,” he said.

Robinson added: “He would prevent them from being stolen and polluting our rivers.”

BBC put this proposal lime and asked why customers did not require customers to lock bikes.

A spokesman said: “Kireç has run a compulsory parking plan in Nottingham since our e-bike service was launched two years ago.

“This is implemented by our GPS technology and the new compulsory last trip photo process on the right vehicle. Users who leave the bikes out of the designated parking spaces are warned and fined by repeated criminals.”

Channel and River Trust, who managed waterways in England and Wales, said that there is a problem where Lime rented a bike.

Most lime bikes are concentrated around London, but there are also programs in Greater Manchester, Nottingham and Milton Keynes.

Lime has previously released a rental bike scheme in Derby, but it was removed for defining it. “Permanent problems with vandalism and antisocial behavior“.

Including this Bikes thrown into the Derwent River.

The Environmental Agency, responsible for managing large rivers in the UK, said “regularly” has removed bikes and took them to the specified cessation points.

Lime says “the world’s largest shared electric vehicle provider” and Claims of providing a “sustainable” transportation mode by changing car journeys.

While working with the agency and Canal and River Trust, Lime said: “We have made ongoing talks with the Environmental Agency and Canal and River Trust, and willing to conclude a collaborative plan to address these problems.”

Lime says that anyone who sees a sunken bike can report the place and “will save as soon as possible”.

“We aim to collect the obstructive or wrong marked bicycles that are always reported immediately reported to us within a few hours through the ‘bad parking’ function in our application.” He said.

He continued: “In order to increase our response time, we increased our Street team twice as much as Nottingham.”

In terms of pollution and environmental concerns, lime said that the deliberate evacuation of bicycles was “completely unacceptable”.

“It damages the environment and undermines our mission of creating sustainable urban transportation.”

“We are determined to work with local community, environmental agency and channel and River Trust to stop this behavior.”