He said: "It was everywhere all over my shoes. "It was only a matter of time before someone was going to step on itAsbestos Disposal Beverley He says it was a massive shock to him. After taking a closer look, he found more than 50 bags of asbestos piled up between the recycling centre and the Beverley Municipal Asbestos Disposal Beverley Centre. Like many people he is wary of the hazards of asbestos, and thought going into the centre would be frightening.

Not the most pleasant task, but Alan Wheeldon is no stranger to it. For more than 30 years he has worked at the waste and recycling centre in Beverley, helping people to dispose of all sorts of rubbish. He collects old clothes, furniture, carpets and even electrical goods from homes across East Yorkshire. Recently it was asbestos – something that Mr Wheeldon has seen a lot of over his long career. The Beverley centre is one of 12 around the country specially set up to dispose of asbestos waste.

It is run by Amey, the contractor responsible for the roads in North East England. The North East Asbestos Centre at Sutton Fields in Beverley has been running for three years but only recently has it had routine visitors from local people wondering just what was going on inside. Alan Wheeldon, their manager, said the crews had been sent in after fire officers told him that asbestos was strewn across the floor. His crews were only able to access the site via underground passageways so had to put on breathing apparatus to continue into the storage area to carry out their duties, and remained for 20 minutes until instructed it was safe to exit.