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£2,000 bill for businessman over fly-tipping

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A businessman has been handed a bill of more than £2,000 after being prosecuted for fly-tipping in West Lancashire.

At Ormskirk Magistrates Court Mr John Whitmore, of Cooper Avenue, Warrington, pleaded guilty to three offences relating to a large amount of waste illegally dumped on a track off College Road, Up Holland, Lancashire.

The waste, from a household clearance, was discovered on 3 August 2015 by West Lancashire Borough Council officers and was traced back to a property in Warrington. It was discovered that the occupier of this property had paid Mr Whitmore who was operating a company, JW Removals, to remove this waste.  In court on Monday 4 April Mr Whitmore pleaded guilty to fly tipping. He also pleaded guilty to failing to provide waste transfer notes for the removal of this waste and failing to provide information to the Council.

He was ordered to pay a fine of £1,384, costs of £651.92 and a victim surcharge of £105 totalling £2,140.92.

The Council would like to remind all householders that they need to make sure any waste that they have removed is disposed of legally. Anyone removing waste as part of a business must have a waste carriers licence and give waste transfer notes to whomever they take waste from. Householders can check if anyone who removes waste from them has a waste carriers’ licence by contacting the Environment Agency on 03708 506506 or going on their website www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency.

Dave Tilleray, who heads up the Environmental Enforcement Team, said: “This case is the latest prosecution obtained by the Council with regards to rubbish being disposed of illegally in West Lancashire. The Council takes a hard line approach on these matters and demonstrates the commitment of the Environmental Enforcement Team to take action against offenders wherever possible.”

If you think waste has been disposed of illegally then you can report this to the Council 24 hours a day on our website www.westlancs.gov.uk/flytipping. Or you can call 01695 577177 between 8.30am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday.

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