Hull City Council warns residents and businesses to dispose of their waste legally to avoid facing enforcement action.
The warning comes following eight individuals, and two businesses, being prosecuted and fined a total of £13,060 last month (May).
Details of the successful prosecution cases are as follows:
- Miss Marusea Camatar of Glasgow Street, Hull, who failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court was convicted in her absence of an offence contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £991 and obtained a criminal record.
- Albco Renew Limited of Southend Road, Grays, failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court and were convicted in their absence of two fly-tipping offences that took place on Kings Bench Street, Hull, contrary to section 110(2)(b) Environment Act 1995. The business was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £3,030 and obtained a criminal record.
- Home Holdings 1 Limited of Bastion House, London Wall, London, who failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court were convicted in their absence to several offences that took place on West Parade, Hull, contrary to section 16 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. The business was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £2,650 and obtained a criminal record.
- Miss Elena Mihai of Wellsted Street, Hull, who failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court was convicted in her absence of an offence, contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £588 and obtained a criminal record.
- Mrs Alexandra Pricina of Kings Bench Street, Hull, who failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ was convicted in her absence of two offences contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,036 and obtained a criminal record.
- Miss Ashleigh Savage of Albemarle Street, Hull, who failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court was convicted in her absence of two offences, contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £954 and obtained a criminal record.
- Miss Toni Elizabeth Walker of Barnsley Street, Hull, who failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court was convicted in her absence of an offence contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £810 and obtained a criminal record.
- Mr Lucian Gheorge Suteu of Hessle Road, Hull, attended Hull Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to an offence contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £281 and obtained a criminal record.
- Miss Aluna-Roxana Ramadan of Fenchurch Street, Hull, who failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court was convicted in her absence of an offence contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and section 110(2)(b) Environment Act 1995 and was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £870 and obtained a criminal record.
- Mr Craig Johnson of Grimston Road, Anlaby, East Yorkshire, who failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court was convicted in his absence to a fly-tipping offence on Foston Grove, Hull, contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and a further offence in contravention of section 5(7)(a): Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. Mr Johnson was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,850 and obtained a criminal record.
The council continues to advise residents to dispose of their waste properly through legitimate services. Fly-tipping is defined as the ‘illegal deposit of any waste onto land that does not have a licence to accept it’.
Anyone found guilty of fly-tipping faces receiving a substantial fine.
If the fine is not paid, attempts to communicate are ignored or the council has to remove waste, the case is passed on to the council’s legal team for prosecution.
Prosecution for fly-tipping can result in an unlimited fine, imprisonment, or both.
Doug Sharp, head of street cleansing and waste management at Hull City Council, said: “Fly-tipping is a crime and we do not tolerate it in Hull. It is unsightly, potentially harmful to human health and damaging to the environment.
“We urge residents to dispose of their waste in the correct way using our accessible services, schemes, and household waste centres across the city. We also encourage residents to report those who do not dispose of their waste legally.”
Services and schemes the council provide to dispose of waste include:
- For large items, residents can use the bulky household collection scheme. Households are eligible for one free collection per year of up to five items which can include cookers, dishwashers, fridges, mattresses, sofas etc.
- There are three household waste and recycling centres located across the city, open every day from 10am – 5pm, which residents can use free of charge. All are modern facilities, designed to maintain and improve recycling within the city.
- White electrical goods in working order can also be donated and/or collected free of charge to be sold at a discounted price in the Reuse Electrical Shop – a joint initiative with Dove House Hospice, ERYC, and FCC Environment – which aims to keep white goods in use for as long as possible.
For further information on services provided for residents to recycle and dispose of household waste, visit Bins and recycling – Hull. Alternatively, for more information on commercial waste and recycling collection, visit Commercial waste and recycling collection service | Hull.
For further information regarding disposal and recycling of household waste, email loveyourstreet@hullcc.gov.uk.
