Three People Prosecuted For Waste Offences
Three people have been prosecuted by the council for fly-tipping and trade waste related offences.
Sean Richard Francis, aged 24, of Coleshill Terrace, Llanelli, pleaded guilty before Llanelli Magistrates Court for a fly-tipping offence and was fined £200 and ordered to pay £326.71 prosecution costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
The court heard that in July last year council environmental enforcement officers found 12 black bags dumped next to wheelie bins behind the Half Moon Inn in Wern Road, Llanelli. They also found a further 30 rubbish bags in the nearby rear lane of Als Street as well as a headboard, some wood, a motorbike helmet, children’s toys and a car wheel and tyre.
Francis agreed to remove the waste and was issued with a fixed penalty notice; however he failed to pay it and was prosecuted as a result.
Matthew Andrew Paynter, aged 26, of Penygraig Road, Llanelli, also appeared before Llanelli magistrates and pleaded guilty to fly-tipping.
In April last year, officers were searching through waste that had been left to the rear of Clifton Terrace and found evidence relating it to Paynter.
Paynter confirmed that he had taken the waste to a site in Plasmarl, Swansea where he was working as a carpenter, but had no explanation as to how it had been left near Clifton Terrace.
He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £170 towards prosecution costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
Eirlys Bartlett, aged 61, from Tyisha Road Post Office in Llanelli, pleaded guilty to failing to provide waste transfer notes for her business waste.
Officers visited the premises in October last year in order to establish what arrangements were in place to dispose of the waste generated from the business.
Officers explained to Bartlett that she must declare that she is carrying business waste when taking her waste to the tip and that it was her responsibility to retain waste documentation for a period of two years to confirm how her business waste was disposed of. By not having any documentation, she was committing an offence.
Bartlett was fined £90 by magistrates and ordered to pay £315 prosecution costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
Executive Board Member for Environmental and Public Protection Cllr Jim Jones said: “We do not want to take people to court, but if people are breaking the law then we have no choice.
“Hopefully these cases will serve as a warning to others. If anyone needs any advice on disposing of their household or business waste please visit our website.”
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