Another woman fined for Cross Hands littering
A second woman has been fined £75 for littering at the bring site at Cross Hands Co-op.
The council’s environmental enforcement officers were on duty at the site when they saw a car pull up; a woman got out and put a cardboard box into one of the recycling banks but then left a carrier bag full of waste on the ground.
She got back into the vehicle and it started to pull away before it was stopped by the officers who then explained what they had seen to the woman.
She was issued with a fixed penalty notice for £75. Failure to pay could lead to prosecution in the magistrates court and a maximum penalty of up to £2,500.
This is the second time officers have issued a fixed penalty notice at the site in recent weeks. Unfortunately fly-tipping is becoming an increasing problem at bring sites across the county.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Philip Hughes said: “We are very disappointed that the bring sites are being misused in this way as they are important facilities for communities.
“We want to encourage people to recycle as much of their waste as possible, however, people are dumping all types of waste at the sites and we have also had people leaving their recyclables in plastic bags next to the containers because they are too lazy to empty them into the banks.
“This is littering; it makes the area look unsightly and our officers can and have fined people for this.”
The council hopes this latest fine will act as a warning to others that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated. Environmental enforcement officers regularly patrol the county. More serious offences could lead to prosecution in the magistrates court and fines of up to £50,000 and/or up to five years in prison.
The council’s environmental enforcement officers were on duty at the site when they saw a car pull up; a woman got out and put a cardboard box into one of the recycling banks but then left a carrier bag full of waste on the ground.
She got back into the vehicle and it started to pull away before it was stopped by the officers who then explained what they had seen to the woman.
She was issued with a fixed penalty notice for £75. Failure to pay could lead to prosecution in the magistrates court and a maximum penalty of up to £2,500.
This is the second time officers have issued a fixed penalty notice at the site in recent weeks. Unfortunately fly-tipping is becoming an increasing problem at bring sites across the county.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Philip Hughes said: “We are very disappointed that the bring sites are being misused in this way as they are important facilities for communities.
“We want to encourage people to recycle as much of their waste as possible, however, people are dumping all types of waste at the sites and we have also had people leaving their recyclables in plastic bags next to the containers because they are too lazy to empty them into the banks.
“This is littering; it makes the area look unsightly and our officers can and have fined people for this.”
The council hopes this latest fine will act as a warning to others that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated. Environmental enforcement officers regularly patrol the county. More serious offences could lead to prosecution in the magistrates court and fines of up to £50,000 and/or up to five years in prison.
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