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Rubbish dumped on Serridge Lane in Coalpit Heath was reported to South Gloucestershire Council(Image: South Gloucestershire Council)<\/p>\nTwo households had paid him to dispose of their rubbish legallyRubbish dumped on Serridge Lane in Coalpit Heath was reported to South Gloucestershire Council(Image: South Gloucestershire Council)<\/p>\n
A man has been ordered to pay \u00a34,500 after dumping waste on a country lane.<\/p>\n
Two households had paid him to dispose of their rubbish legally – but it was found strewn across the rural road.<\/p>\n
The waste at Serridge Lane in Coalpit Heath was reported to South Gloucestershire Council<\/a> on Monday, September 16 last year. The council\u2019s environmental enforcement officers searched through it and discovered paperwork that led officers to two addresses.<\/p>\n They found that both householders had each paid \u00a3140 for waste to be removed from their homes. They were shown photos of the waste and each identified some – but not all – as rubbish they had paid to be properly disposed of.<\/p>\n Further enquiries led officers to Royston Tucker, the sole trader of R&R Waste Clearance Ltd, as the man the householders both paid to remove their waste.<\/p>\n Tucker, 34, of Alexander Road, Frenchay was interviewed by the council\u2019s environmental enforcement officers in December, where he admitted picking the waste up from both addresses and fly-tipping it on the afternoon of September 14.<\/p>\n He appeared at Bristol Magistrates Court on Monday (May 12) where he pleaded guilty to fly-tipping and failing in his duty of care regarding retaining any waste transfer notes required.<\/p>\n He was ordered to pay a fine of \u00a33,000, along with a \u00a31,000 victim surcharge and the council\u2019s costs of \u00a3525, making a total of \u00a34,525.<\/p>\n Councillor Sean Rhodes, cabinet member responsible for environmental enforcement at South Gloucestershire<\/a> Council, said: \u201cI hope this latest prosecution acts as a deterrent to anyone who fails in their duty of care for waste disposal. If you dump waste illegally in South Glos, you will be held accountable.<\/p>\n \u201cFly-tipping is not just an eyesore – it\u2019s a crime that damages our environment and burdens our communities. We urge residents to always check that waste carriers are properly licensed and to report any suspicious activity.<\/p>\n \u201cResidents are advised to be wary of businesses or people advertising waste clearances on social media sites such as Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n “There are a number of legitimate options for waste removal, including the council\u2019s large household waste collection service.<\/p>\n “If you hire a third-party to dispose of your waste, always ask for a copy of the company\u2019s waste carrier registration certificate and ask where the waste is being taken.<\/p>\n \u201cProsecutions like these protect our environment and create cleaner and safer places for our communities. These are key priorities of the Liberal Democrat\/Labour<\/a> partnership.”<\/p>\n How to get rid of waste legally<\/p>\n Household waste can also be taken to the council\u2019s Sort It recycling centres where it can be disposed of at no cost. Find out more at www.southglos.gov.uk\/sortitcentres<\/a><\/p>\n Fly-tipping can be reported by contacting the council\u2019s StreetCare helpdesk on 01454 868000, emailing streetcare@southglos.gov.uk<\/a> or visiting www.southglos.gov.uk\/flytipping<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two households had paid him to dispose of their rubbish legallyRubbish dumped on Serridge Lane in Coalpit Heath…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[30,188,728,27238,70,10302,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-101899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-courts","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-frenchay","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-south-gloucestershire-council","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114508518109365200","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n