Asbestos found in new allotment
Hi, I had been sharing an allotment with a neighbour where I live whilst being in the waiting list for my own. A few weeks back after only a few months I was offered the allotment next to my neighbours one. It needed less work and looked good so we signed for it.
After clearing bind weed from the back, by raking it out, I discovered small bits of broken asbestos, wavy, like you see on old garages. I contacted the council who took it away within a few days. I started digging the area, found a rotting tree stump and proceeded to use a pick axe on the stump only to smash more asbestos that was caught up in the roots. I contacted the council again and asked if they would be digging to check for more. They wouldn't, but they collected the new asbestos raked the area and said basically if I found any more I should avoid breaking it. So they are only interested in disposal not taking care of the issue. Needless to say, after dampening down the area, I found some more pieces whilst carefully using a fork...
How would any of you deal with this?
I plan to just put some paving slabs down over the area and put a shed on it. No way am I going to grow anything but flowers there.