Flytippers land fines and costs over £1,000

11:00am Saturday 8th September 2012 in News By James Nadal

BOSSES heading a crackdown on flytipping have issued a warning to others thinking of doing the same - after two men were convicted for separately dumping waste illegally around Little Marlow.

In the first case plastic drawers, cardboard and plastic packaging among other items were found left on land by Sheepridge Lane, Little Marlow.

Magistrates ordered High Wycombe man Ari Kristo to pay £1,162.52 costs, including £43.52 compensation to Little Marlow Parish Council for the clean-up.

He was fined £500 and also had to pay a victim surcharge of £15, making a total penalty of £1,677.52.

The items had been traced to a home in Hurley where he had been working.

At Wycombe magistrates' court on August 22 Mr Kristo, 37, admitted failing in his duty of care over the waste, which had been dumped illegally.

Officials said Mr Kristo admitted the waste had been produced by his work but he denied dumping it and said it had been produced and removed by his workers months earlier.

But he could not remember exactly who had taken the waste.

The second case of fly tipping, also heard on August 22, centred on a pile of soil, branches and packaging left blocking the entrance to allotments off Chapman Lane, Bourne End.

The illegally dumped waste was traced to an address in Gerrards Cross where David Muschallik had been working.

Mr Muschallik was fined £250 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs, including £500 compensation to Little Marlow Parish Council for the clean-up. A victim surcharge of £15 was also levied.

Mr Muschallik, of Howard Court, Bourne End, admitted failing in his duty of care.

He told officials he arranged for the waste to be removed by a man with a van whom he did not know and whom he had not checked was a registered waste carrier.

He provided contact details for the man but it was not possible to bring charges against him.

Both cases were brought by Buckinghamshire County Council on behalf of the Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire, which has secured 331 convictions for such offences since 2003.

Bill Lidgate, chairman of the partnership, said: "If you hire someone to get rid of your waste, you have a duty of care to check that they have a waste disposal licence.

"It can be a very costly mistake to use someone who doesn’t have a licence.

"What’s more there’s a strong risk of prosecution and damage to your own good reputation.

"Illegally dumped rubbish is a blight on our environment, and it doesn't disappear by magic. The cost of clearing it falls on our residents."

Since April 2010 there has been an average of one conviction per week for illegal dumping offences in Buckinghamshire.

Illegal dumping can be reported to 0845 330 1856

Comments (4)

2:14pm Sat 8 Sep 12

frackellgirl says...

I am looking to forward to reading about the prosecution of the travellers who were recently staying on Kingsmead and fly tipped their rubbish before leaving. The cost of tracing and prosecuting the fly tippers is borne by a tax on decent hard working businesses. This tax is called a "waste carriers licence" and is supposed to be paid by businesses such as builders,gardeners etc. who carry any form of rubbish produced by the work they carry out.
The penalties for having no licence and fly tipping are usually high to act as a deterrent and, I understand, can include confiscation of the offender's vehicle. Why then, when travellers move onto a site and dump their rubbish there, don't the authorities move in and apply the law as they have done in the cases reported above ? Let me guess. The police and the Environment Agency are scared stiff of these people and so they are allowed to break the law and get away with it.
It would be simple matter to prevent them driving any of their vehicles off the site to carry out their "business" until they have cleared their rubbish lawfully or paid fines due for infringement of the law.
I am looking to forward to reading about the prosecution of the travellers who were recently staying on Kingsmead and fly tipped their rubbish before leaving. The cost of tracing and prosecuting the fly tippers is borne by a tax on decent hard working businesses. This tax is called a "waste carriers licence" and is supposed to be paid by businesses such as builders,gardeners etc. who carry any form of rubbish produced by the work they carry out. The penalties for having no licence and fly tipping are usually high to act as a deterrent and, I understand, can include confiscation of the offender's vehicle. Why then, when travellers move onto a site and dump their rubbish there, don't the authorities move in and apply the law as they have done in the cases reported above ? Let me guess. The police and the Environment Agency are scared stiff of these people and so they are allowed to break the law and get away with it. It would be simple matter to prevent them driving any of their vehicles off the site to carry out their "business" until they have cleared their rubbish lawfully or paid fines due for infringement of the law. frackellgirl

1:24am Sun 9 Sep 12

Stand up for England says...

Agree with you entirely frackellgirl except about the police being scared. The cops want to get rid of the pikeys due to the increased amount of criminal behaviour that follows these 'travellers' ... I'm sure it's just coincidental though :-)
Unfortunately, the police cannot act due to it being a council related issue and not a criminal one. Additionally, the cops hands are tied by liberal do-gooders who believe these travellers are victimised and therefore support their rights to carry on as they do. Unfortunately, the local householders, who generally suffer as a result of said travellers occupation of community land have no such support or rights it would appear. On the issue of the penalties issued to fly tippers; as far as I'm concerned it should be a custodial sentence ever time. The problem needs to be fixed and the cost to dispose of waste needs to be affordable to encourage people doing the right thing.
Agree with you entirely frackellgirl except about the police being scared. The cops want to get rid of the pikeys due to the increased amount of criminal behaviour that follows these 'travellers' ... I'm sure it's just coincidental though :-) Unfortunately, the police cannot act due to it being a council related issue and not a criminal one. Additionally, the cops hands are tied by liberal do-gooders who believe these travellers are victimised and therefore support their rights to carry on as they do. Unfortunately, the local householders, who generally suffer as a result of said travellers occupation of community land have no such support or rights it would appear. On the issue of the penalties issued to fly tippers; as far as I'm concerned it should be a custodial sentence ever time. The problem needs to be fixed and the cost to dispose of waste needs to be affordable to encourage people doing the right thing. Stand up for England

9:53am Sun 9 Sep 12

frackellgirl says...

I have taken a note of the phone number for reporting illegal dumping printed at the bottom of the article. I hope they take more note than the useless people I spoke to recently at the Environment Agency when I rang to report a suspicious truck loaded with rubbish prowling around the lanes locally.
I rang the agency and asked to speak to someone in the appropriate department to report the above. I was put through to someone and gave them details of the vehicle, the make and model, the colour, the reg.no and the area where the vehicle was seen. I also asked if they could check if the owner of the vehicle had a Waste Carriers Licence.
I was then told, get this!, that they couldn't do anything about it unless I obtained the name of the owner or business and telephone number "from the side of the vehicle". There was no such information on the vehicle. Do these muppets expect me to approach the driver and say "excuse me, Mr potential fly tipper "can I please have your details to report you for suspicious behaviour?"
I am convinced that the Waste Carriers Licence is just another tax on businesses which, as far as dealings I have had with the Environment Agency in the past prove,pays for offices and provides cosy jobs for useless muppets like the person mentioned above.
If the agency do not deal with the reporting of fly tipping why was I not put through to the correct number? Also if they are not interested in the reporting of fly tipping what the hell do they do all day? I would love to know!
I have taken a note of the phone number for reporting illegal dumping printed at the bottom of the article. I hope they take more note than the useless people I spoke to recently at the Environment Agency when I rang to report a suspicious truck loaded with rubbish prowling around the lanes locally. I rang the agency and asked to speak to someone in the appropriate department to report the above. I was put through to someone and gave them details of the vehicle, the make and model, the colour, the reg.no and the area where the vehicle was seen. I also asked if they could check if the owner of the vehicle had a Waste Carriers Licence. I was then told, get this!, that they couldn't do anything about it unless I obtained the name of the owner or business and telephone number "from the side of the vehicle". There was no such information on the vehicle. Do these muppets expect me to approach the driver and say "excuse me, Mr potential fly tipper "can I please have your details to report you for suspicious behaviour?" I am convinced that the Waste Carriers Licence is just another tax on businesses which, as far as dealings I have had with the Environment Agency in the past prove,pays for offices and provides cosy jobs for useless muppets like the person mentioned above. If the agency do not deal with the reporting of fly tipping why was I not put through to the correct number? Also if they are not interested in the reporting of fly tipping what the hell do they do all day? I would love to know! frackellgirl

7:13pm Sat 15 Sep 12

DonRockell says...

You could make the fines a £1m it wont make a bit of blind bit of differences if nobody bothers to stop the tippers or to find out whose doing it in the first place.

The police could catch a cold these days unless it makes an appointment and sets up camp in their tea room (or goes through one of their speed traps at 3mph over the limit)
You could make the fines a £1m it wont make a bit of blind bit of differences if nobody bothers to stop the tippers or to find out whose doing it in the first place. The police could catch a cold these days unless it makes an appointment and sets up camp in their tea room (or goes through one of their speed traps at 3mph over the limit) DonRockell

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