This Fight Fly-tipping Fortnight (12 – 25 October) Hull City Council shines a spotlight on those who have recently been found guilty of fly-tipping waste.
In total, eight fly-tipping cases were taken to Hull Magistrates Court in August and September 2026. All individuals were found guilty and ordered to pay a combined total of £9,604.72 in fines and costs to the council.
In one case outlined below, a resident was found guilty of fly-tipping after handing waste to an unlicensed waste carrier, who subsequently fly-tipped the waste in Hull in November 2025.
The council takes this opportunity to remind residents that they have a legal duty to ensure their waste is passed to a registered waste carrier and that they must ask for proof of a waste carrier license, check the license number on the Environment Agency’s public register, and always ask for a receipt.
If these steps are not followed, and the waste carrier isn’t registered, it can result in enforcement action if the waste is later fly tipped.
Councillor Charles Quinn, cabinet portfolio holder for environment at Hull City Council, said: “Fight Fly-Tipping Fortnight is an important reminder that everyone has a responsibility to dispose of their waste legally.
“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. These prosecutions show that we will take action against those who break the law.
“We urge residents to make use of the council’s waste disposal services, use registered waste carriers, and to report anyone they see fly-tipping so we can continue tackling this issue across the city.”
Details of the successful prosecution cases are as follows:
- Miss Kelly Caine of Hebden Avenue, Hull, failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 28 August 2026 and in her absence was convicted of an offence contrary to section 2 Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978. Subsequently, she was ordered to pay a fine and costs to the council totalling £386. This prosecution was brought in response to waste fly-tipped near Hebden Avenue in February this year.
- Mrs Georgeta Peta of Fern Grove, Hull, failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 14 August 2026 and in her absence was convicted of offences contrary to section 2 Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and section 110(2)(b) Environment Act 1995. Subsequently, she was ordered to pay a fine and costs to the council totalling £1,974.92. This prosecution was brought in response to bagged household waste fly-tipped on Folkstone Street in March this year.
- Mr Ghololm Farouk Kemi, trading as Square Pan Pizza No1 of Holderness Road, Hull, attended Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 14 August 2026 and pleaded guilty to offences contrary to section 33(1)(a) Environmental Protection Act 1990, section 34(5) and (6) Environmental Protection Act 1990 and section 1(1) Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. Subsequently, he was ordered to pay a fine and costs to the council totalling £1,072. This prosecution was brought in response to the business illegally disposing of waste within household waste bins provided to residents on Great Thornton Street in September 2025.
- Miss Kirsty Rachel Dron of Yatesbury Garth, Hull, failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 14 August 2026 and in her absence was convicted of an offence contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and section 110(2)(b) Environment Act 1995.Subsequently, she was ordered to pay a fine and costs to the council totalling £1,550.80. This prosecution was brought in response to waste fly-tipped on Yatesbury Garth in May this year.
- Mr Daniel Mariusz Bochniak of Olivier Court, Hull, attended Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 2 of October 2026 and pleaded guilty to an offence contrary to section 34(2A) Environmental Protection Act 1990. Subsequently, he was ordered to pay a fine and costs to the council totalling £895. This prosecution was brought in response to him giving waste to an illegal waste carrier, who fly-tipped the waste in Hull in November 2025.
- A representative from 50 Pine Grove Limited of Victors Way, Barnet, failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 25 of September 2026 and in their absence was convicted of an offence contrary to section 110(2)(b) Environment Act 1995. Subsequently, they were ordered to pay a fine and costs to the council totalling £1,664. This prosecution was brought in response to bagged and loose household waste being deposited on the public footpath on Wellsted street in June this year.
- Ms Sabrie Ibram of Tunis Street, Hull, failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 25 September 2026 and in her absence was convicted of offences contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and section 110(2)(b) Environment Act 1995. Subsequently, she was ordered to pay a fine and costs to the council totalling £946. This prosecution was brought in response to waste fly-tipped in Pearson Park in May this year.
- Mrs Bilca Amet of Mayfield Street, Hull, failed to attend Hull Magistrates’ Court on Friday 25 September 2026 and in her absence was convicted of offences contrary to section 2(1)(b) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and section 110(2)(b) Environment Act 1995. Subsequently, she was ordered to pay a fine and costs to the council totalling £1,116. This prosecution was brought in response to bed bases fly-tipped on Mayfield Street in March this year.
For information on services provided for residents to recycle and dispose of household waste, visit Homepage – Simpler Recycling
To report incidents of fly-tipping, visit Fly-tipping | Hull, or alternatively call 01482 300 300.
For further information regarding disposal and recycling of household waste, email loveyourstreet@hullcc.gov.uk.