A man has been fined for dumping rubbish on a roadside verge near Porchfield.
The unnamed man admitted discarding the items, including furniture, a shopping trolley, an empty metal gas cannister and other household items, earlier this week after being traced by Isle of Wight Council officials.
The council’s waste team received several reports of fly-tipping in Colemans Lane on Monday morning. It was described as being in locations on the verge and in gateways between New Road and Corf Road. Evidence was found relating to an address on the Island, and regulatory services carried out an investigation.
When questioned under caution, the man admitted to fly-tipping the waste and was issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice for the offence.
The council has since arranged for the rubbish to be cleared.
The council continues to remind residents they are responsible for disposing of their own waste properly and legally by using their household bins or taking the waste to their local household waste recycling site. For larger loads they can also hire a licensed waste carrier to take the rubbish away, or they can use the council’s own bulky waste collection service.
It was reported in December that the Isle of Wight has recently seen a 30% rise in reported fly-tipping.
Natasha Dix, strategic manager, contracts, waste and environment, said:
“Fly-tipping can be classed as anything from one bag of household rubbish to several van loads of construction material. If it is dumped on land that doesn’t have a licence to accept waste, it is fly-tipping and it is illegal.
“Anyone caught fly-tipping could be ordered to pay a £200 fixed penalty notice or the case can be taken to court, where they face an unlimited fine or even imprisonment.
“We know the Island has one of the lowest rates of fly-tipping in the South East but we need the public’s help to keep it that way. One important way to do this is to make sure, when using a waste company to remove waste from your property, that they are a registered and licensed waste carrier. Residents can check whether a company has a waste carriers licence on the Environment Agency website.”
Councillor Jonathan Bacon, Cabinet member for environment, heritage and waste, added:
“There is absolutely no excuse for fly-tipping and littering.
“Litter and fly-tipping is environmental vandalism. It blights neighbourhoods and the countryside, is a threat to local wildlife and livestock, is a source of pollution and a danger to public health.
“Over the coming months our new litter and fly-tipping task and finish group will be developing a rolling action plan to reduce this menace through community engagement, education, innovation and a review of enforcement.
“We simply won’t tolerate fly-tipping and littering on the Island and this group will be looking at how we can reduce instances of both.”
To report a fly-tip to the council, email [email protected], call (01983) 823777 or do it online here. The council is working on new arrangements to make it even easier for reporting — news to follow soon.
The fine is cheaper than getting a skip !
Your right but not for a small one which would of taken this much rubbish
Name & shame I say, they might think twice then hopefully!
Why has he not been named ?
To protect his business and future customers probably. We have a right to know; no-one wants to use these law-breaking cowboys !!
40 hours of Community Service, learning how to clean up our beautiful Island would be more appropriate.
Why not make it easier to take stuff to the tip?
Not saying this is right.
It is hardly difficult to take stuff to the tip. Just couldn’t be bothered to take 2 minutes to book.
Having a van or anything considered commercial doesn’t just take 2 minutes. And Lyynbottom employees don’t help… give someone a little bit of power and it goes to their heads
I don’t want the tip staff helping me. My rubbish; I will deal with it. I have never found them to be anything but hel,pful to me when I visit.
Glad your experience was good. Help as in don’t help the situation
Rather than fine him some piddly amount, just sentence him to x amount of days cleaning up other fly tipping sites! (And make him use his own gloves and bin bags)
Name the scumbag and why weren’t they made to clear it up rather than the council? Disgraceful.
Well said; exactly right. We all end up paying to remove HIS rubbish in our taces.
Why did they not get sent back to clear up his own rubbish,£200 is less than a skip, cost hundreds to investigate ,so council tax payers helped out to dispose of someone else’s rubbish WHY ?
Should have been taken to court, his name would have become public, £200 fine joke
so a £200 fine for creating this mess, how much is it costing us tax payers to clear this not to mention the cost of tracing the person concerned .more than the £200 fine i bet
Not named because he works for the council
the fine is pathetic, the cost of clearing the mess up should also be billed to him and the vehicle used to transport his rubbish should be conficated and crushed.
WELL SAID, Sir !!
Completely agree, the fine is no deterrent to send out a warning to others that this is not acceptable. It would have cost a heck of a lot more to investigate and clear up the mess. Harsher fines should be in force.
Ridiculous. This lout should pay the council’s cost of cleaning this mess up as well as a hefty fine.
Only just a days wages for the council enforcement officer!
No deterrent at all.
The moral of the story is….. never leave your address amongst your fly tippings