Supermarket owners fined for waste offence
The owners of a Llandovery supermarket have been fined £300 and ordered to pay court costs of £100 for failing to store its waste correctly.
Bilal Tiktiklar, aged 29, and Mehmet Cirpan, aged 32, who run Costcutters in High Street, Llandovery, pleaded guilty at Ammanford Magistrates Court to an offence contrary to Section 47 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The court heard that on Wednesday, June 30, the council’s environmental enforcement officers were on duty in Llandovery when they saw a trade waste bin belonging to Costcutters overflowing with waste as well as waste stacked at the side of the bin.
The officers had had previous dealings with the owners regarding their business waste and had given them warnings and issued a fixed penalty notice for £100 in the past.
As the owners had continued to flout the legislation, the council had no choice but to prosecute them through the magistrates court.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Philip Hughes said: “Businesses have a responsibility to ensure reasonable measures are taken to dispose of their waste.
“Hopefully this fine will act as a warning to businesses in Carmarthenshire that we will prosecute those that flout the law. The council is determined to clean up Carmarthenshire for both residents and visitors.”
Bilal Tiktiklar, aged 29, and Mehmet Cirpan, aged 32, who run Costcutters in High Street, Llandovery, pleaded guilty at Ammanford Magistrates Court to an offence contrary to Section 47 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council.
The court heard that on Wednesday, June 30, the council’s environmental enforcement officers were on duty in Llandovery when they saw a trade waste bin belonging to Costcutters overflowing with waste as well as waste stacked at the side of the bin.
The officers had had previous dealings with the owners regarding their business waste and had given them warnings and issued a fixed penalty notice for £100 in the past.
As the owners had continued to flout the legislation, the council had no choice but to prosecute them through the magistrates court.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Philip Hughes said: “Businesses have a responsibility to ensure reasonable measures are taken to dispose of their waste.
“Hopefully this fine will act as a warning to businesses in Carmarthenshire that we will prosecute those that flout the law. The council is determined to clean up Carmarthenshire for both residents and visitors.”
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