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Waste licence fine
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.” |
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