Matty F wrote:
Apologies if this has already been discussed. Google Groups search has
not been working for months.

If you in the UK don't like the regulations discussed in the following
article, you know what to do: -

Complain to your MP and Council.
Ridicule and publish the names of the people who devised these
regulations, and the names of those who could rescind the regulations
but won't.
Don't vote for any of those people again.
Every election, publish it all again.

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/..._licence_fine/

A PLUMBER was left reeling when during a spot check to test for
illegal diesel he was landed with a £300 fine for illegally carrying
waste.

David Jolly, along with his 19 year-old apprentice James Crilly, were
driving to a job in Farnworth when they were flagged down by police
checking for red diesel.

His fuel was fine — but he was staggered when a council inspector
handed him an on-the-spot fine for carrying an old radiator and a
piece of twisted copper piping — residue from a job he had worked on,
in the back of his van.
...
A council spokesman said: “If you transport controlled waste in the
course of your business or in any way for profit, you are legally
required to register as a waste carrier, even if only in small
quantities. A licence must be obtained from the Environment Agency.

“The council acted in line with this ruling and is enforcing it in
partnership with Greater Manchester Police as part of the Farnworth
Beat Sweep operation.”

The fine was issued under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act
2005 which also covers the Control of Pollution Act 1989.

The spokesman added: “All people carrying waste commercially must have
a licence. This allows them to dump waste at the tip without paying
any extra — but they must have a waste transfer note from the tip.

“It is the responsibility of anyone who starts up a business to know
how the law affects them but the council did advertise in the press
and informed people at the area forums when the 2005 act came in.”

In this situation I would argue it was not waste at all, it was part
payment for the work I had done, as it still had commercial value.

Presumably the plumber was not going to dump these items, he was
planning on selling them on?

Toby...