Woman fined over fly-tipping
HOUSEHOLDER ADMITS SHE PAID UNLICENSED PERSON TO DISPOSE OF WASTE
A WOMAN whose household renovation waste ended up being dumped at a roadside has been fined.
The Leicester woman, who has not been identified, was contacted by investigators from Harborough District Council’s environmental crime team after they sifted through the heaps of rubbish for clues to where it had come from.
The woman had paid an unlicensed person to get rid of the rubbish and they dumped the van-load in Fleckney Road, outside Kibworth, yards from Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital and Kibworth Town Football Club.
The woman admitted she had not checked the person had a valid waste carrier’s licence – and was given a £300 fixed-penalty notice by the council for the offence on January 16.
There have now been 12 fines issued for fly-tipping offences by Harborough District Council since April.
Councillor Jonathan Bateman, Harborough District Council’s portfolio holder for environmental health, said: “The person who dumped this waste should be ashamed of themselves. Thankfully, the tenacity of our environmental crime team has traced the person who allowed this to happen and fined them accordingly.
“This is another positive outcome for the team and should serve as a reminder to residents to ensure they never use unlicensed waste carriers to dispose of their rubbish.” Householders are legally responsible for any household waste produced on their property. They have a duty of care to check any person or business disposing of their waste is legally allowed to do so.
Councils throughout Leicestershire offer bulky waste collections and, in Harborough, the district council will collect up to three large household items or 12 sacks of waste for a charge of £34.17. Harborough District Council’s anti-fly-tipping campaign, Tip Off, continues to encourage people to report cases of fly-tipping and provide information to help with investigations.
The person who dumped this waste should be ashamed of themselves
Coun Jonathan Bateman