Hull Woman Fined £500 For Fly-Tipping In Holderness

Hull Woman Fined £500 For Fly-Tipping In Holderness
Hull Woman Fined £500 For Fly-Tipping In Holderness

A Hull woman has been ordered to pay compensation of £500 after rubbish including a fridge and children’s toys were found dumped in the Holderness area.

Charlene Dockerty of Bradford Avenue, Hull, paid a man £20 to take her unwanted items away, but they were later found fly-tipped on the side of the road in Ganstead Road East, Ganstead.

Ms Dockerty appeared before Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 30 June, where she pleaded guilty to failing in her duty of care by not checking she was using an authorised waste carrier to collect her rubbish.

She was ordered to pay £500 compensation to , which had to clear up the rubbish.

The court heard a streetscene enforcement officer from the council found items including a fridge, large plastic children’s toys, tyres, wood, cardboard boxes and general waste dumped on on Ganstead Road East on February 6 this year.

An investigation traced the rubbish back to Ms Dockerty, who admitted she paid a man £20 to remove the waste from her home, but she did not check whether he had a valid waste carriers licence.

The council continues to warn residents that they are responsible for disposing of their waste properly, either by taking it to their local household waste recycling site or by hiring a licensed waste carrier.

To operate legally firms that remove waste have to be registered with the Environment Agency as licensed waste carriers, but the council believes some operate illegally and fly-tip people’s waste in the East Riding.

Anyone caught fly-tipping could be ordered to pay a £400 fixed penalty notice, or if the case goes to court they could face an unlimited fine or even imprisonment.

If any fly-tipped waste can be traced back to its owner, they too could face an unlimited fine in court.

Mike Featherby, head of streetscene services at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said:

“All reports of fly-tipping are investigated by the council and any evidence found will be used to bring a prosecution.

“It is regrettable that someone has probably unwittingly been drawn into committing an offence, but be clear the responsibility lies with the individual to make the necessary checks to make sure their waste is disposed of correctly and legally.”



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