Two fined after illegal waste dumping incidents

TWO more people have been prosecuted for illegally disposing of waste, as Warrington presses on with its crackdown on fly-tipping
Dane Povey, 31, of Smithfields Street, St Helens was prosecuted for not holding a waste carrier license.
Magistrates heard that Povey was stopped in Dallam, during a multi-agency operation with Cheshire Police, while transporting a quantity of waste in the back of a white van.
He was dealt with by borough council environmental crime officers and given seven days to provide his waste carriers licence.
He failed to do so was issued with a fixed penalty notice for £300, which he did not pay.
He was then found guilty in his absence at Warrington Magistrates Court. He was fined £660 plus £66 victim surcharge and costs were awarded in the amount of £425. A 28 day collection order was given.
Members of the public who employ someone to move their waste for them also have a responsibility to ensure that whoever is removing the waste is registered. Failure to do so can lead to prosecution, a fine or even a criminal record if they don’t take reasonable measures to meet their duty of care.
In another case, the council received a report from a member of the public, who spotted a man fly-tipping from a vehicle on Silver Lane, Risley at lunch time one Saturday last year.
The fly-tipper was observed unloading the car boot of children’s toys, flower plots and other garden waste. On seeing the witness, he fled the scene.
The Environmental Crime Team served a notice on the registered keeper of the vehicle – Jennifer Hill, 28, of Heather Close, Birchwood – to ask her who was driving the vehicle at the time of the fly-tipping.
Although Ms Hill didn’t provide the identity of the fly-tipper, Ms Hill was subsequently prosecuted for not providing those details. Ms Hill pleaded guilty and received a £120 fine, plus £30 victim surcharge and costs awarded in the amount of £350.
After the hearings, Cllr Judith Guthrie (pictured), the council’s lead member for public protection said: “These two cases are the latest examples of the work we’re doing to clamp down on people whose irresponsible actions blight the streets of our borough. We will always take action against people who are operating without the correct licenses or fly-tipping in our communities.
“The public can make a real difference by providing our environmental crime team with information about those fly-tipping or disposing of waste illegally.”