Woman fined for dumping in Cross Hands
A woman has been fined £75 for dumping bags next to the recycling banks at the bring site at Cross Hands Co-op.
The council’s environmental enforcement officers were on duty at the site when they saw the woman pull up in a car, empty one of the bags into a recycling bank but then leave the rest on the ground.
She got back into her vehicle and was about to pull away before being stopped by the officers who explained what they had seen.
She was issued with a fixed penalty notice of £75. Failure to pay could lead to prosecution in the magistrates court and a maximum penalty of up to £2,500.
The council hopes this fine will act as a warning to others that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated. 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.”
Environmental enforcement officers regularly patrol the county’s bring sites. 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 the woman pull up in a car, empty one of the bags into a recycling bank but then leave the rest on the ground.
She got back into her vehicle and was about to pull away before being stopped by the officers who explained what they had seen.
She was issued with a fixed penalty notice of £75. Failure to pay could lead to prosecution in the magistrates court and a maximum penalty of up to £2,500.
The council hopes this fine will act as a warning to others that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated. 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.”
Environmental enforcement officers regularly patrol the county’s bring sites. 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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