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Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Woman fined over £400 by her council for flytipping for strange reason
A woman has been fined more than £400 - after paying for someone to dispose of her rubbish. Tyler Marie Richards employed them to remove a pile of 20 bin bags from her property in Bridge Street, Tonypandy. The mountain of waste included a plastic kennel, 15 of general rubbish, four recycling bags, a cardboard box and a pile of general loose garbage. But she was left horrified when she was tracked down after the sea of waste was discovered strewn across the residential area of Penrhys in Ronda Cynon Taf. Ms Richards then failed to engage with Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council's enforcement officers - and the local authority decided to take court action against her, WalesOnline reports. And she was fined £120 alongside clean-up costs of £255.51 and a victim surcharge of £48 after she was found guilty of failing to control her waste and committing an offence under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. In total she was fined a stunning £423.51 - despite not fly-tipping any rubbish herself. But the furious council blasted Ms Richards furiously telling the newspaper that 'fly-tipping will not be tolerated, ever'. Councillor Ann Crimmings said: 'There is never an excuse to blight our, towns, lanes, streets and villages with waste, and we will find those responsible and hold them to account. 'If your waste is fly tipped, you could be fined along with the individual or company you paid to remove it. 'We will use every power available to us to hold those accountable for their actions.' Official figures recently suggested flytipping in England has risen to its highest level in almost 20 years. Environment Secretary Steve Reed vowed to toughen up enforcement after reported cases of illegal dumping passed 1.15million in 2023-2024. The figure is an increase of six per cent from the 1.08million the previous year and the highest level in the six years since the current method for reporting was brought in. The statistics also revealed a year-on-year fall in the number of fixed penalty notices issued for flytipping and a decline in the number of court-issued fines. Analysis of the data revealed London as a major hotspot, with eight boroughs in the top 10 local authorities for overall dumping and the highest proportion by population. The London Borough of Croydon was said to be the flytipping capital of the UK with 35,470 recorded incidents, according to an analysis of government data published covering the period from April 2023 to March 2024. Across England, the scourge of fly-tipping represnted a 6.2 per cent increase on the previous year and the second consecutive annual rise recorded. Nottingham and Liverpool were also included in the top 10, with other places towards the highest levels being Birmingham and Bradford. Last year some 60 per cent of cases involved household waste, with 688,000 incidents of illegally dumped rubbish from homes - ranging from black bags of waste to the contents of shed clearances, furniture, carpets and DIY. The most common places for flytipping to occur were on pavements and roads, accounting for 37 per cent of incidents. Almost one third, or 31 per cent, of incidents were the size of a small van load. And another 28 per cent amounted to the equivalent of a car boot or less of rubbish. Meanwhile, four per cent were the size of a tipper lorry load or bigger. Large flytipping incidents have cost £13.1million for local authorities to clean up, research showed. Mr Reed has said: 'Flytipping is a disgraceful act which trashes communities and its increase is unacceptable. Communities and businesses shouldn't have to put up with these crimes. 'This Government will crack down on fly tipping and punish rubbish dumpers, forcing them to clean up their mess.'
Daily Mirror
03-07-2025
- Daily Mirror
Woman is fined after paying someone in good faith to get rid of her rubbish
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council took action against Tyler Marie Richards and the woman, from Tonypandy, south Wales, was eventually fined more than £400 A woman must pay more than £400 after asking someone in good faith to get her rubbish removed. After around 20 bags of waste were dumped in a residential area in a village, Tyler Marie Richards was traced and an authority identified the rubbish as hers. The 15 black bags and four recycling bags contained household waste, and were abandoned beside a cardboard box, a plastic kennel, a black plastic bin and general loose waste near homes. Richards, from Tonypandy, south Wales, had paid someone in good faith to have the waste removed - but the result was flytipping. The woman failed to engage with enforcement officers from Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council and didn't attend a number of interviews in relation to the flytipping. She has now been found guilty of failing to control her waste and committing an offence under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Wales Online reports. Richards has been handed a fine of £120, costs of £255.51 (clean-up costs only) and a victim surcharge of £48 - totalling £423.51. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, led by Labour, says the removal of flytipping costs the authority hundreds of thousands of pounds each year. Councillor Ann Crimmings, who is Cabinet Member for Environment and Leisure, added: "Flytipping will not be tolerated, ever. There is never an excuse to blight our, towns, lanes, streets and villages with waste, and we will find those responsible and hold them to account. "Our teams work hard to keep our streets and back lanes clean, and flytipping of any kind will not be tolerated. This case acts as a clear reminder to householders or businesses that if you pay someone, other than the council, to take your waste away, you should always check they have a waste carrier licence and ask for a waste transfer note. If your waste is fly tipped, you could be fined along with the individual or company you paid to remove it. "Removal of flytipping costs hundreds of thousands of pounds each year, which should be spent on key frontline services at a time when budgets are under significant pressures. "We will use every power available to us to hold those accountable for their actions. Many of the items we recover on our streets, towns and mountains could have been taken to a community recycling centre or collected from the kerbside at no extra cost." A flytipper in nearby Pontypool was branded "selfish" by police after dumping carpets, backpacks, blankets, mattresses, half-empty tubs of paint, empty boxes and many other pieces of junk on a rural lane last year. Their actions blocked a road, cutting off a community for hours.
Wales Online
03-07-2025
- Wales Online
Woman fined after paying someone to get rid of her rubbish
Woman fined after paying someone to get rid of her rubbish She paid someone to take her black bags away and thought they would do so responsibly, but the waste soon turned up dumped in a heap A Tonypandy woman has learned the hard way after her waste was found dumped in Penrhys (Image: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council ) A woman has been left out of pocket after almost 20 bags of waste were dumped in a residential area in a Welsh village. 15 black bags and four recycling bags, all containing general household waste, a cardboard box, a plastic kennel, a black plastic bin and general loose waste, were all left near homes in Penrhys in Ronda Cynon Taf. According to the local council, Tyler Marie Richards, from Bridge Street in Tonypandy, paid someone in good faith to have the waste removed. The bins were discovered and Richards was tracked down. However, she failed to engage with enforcement officers from Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council and didn't attend a number of interviews in relation to the fly-tipping. Don't miss a court report by signing up to our crime newsletter here . As a result, it was decided to take court action against her for failing to control her waste and committing an offence under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Richards was found guilty and handed a fine of £120, costs of £255.51 (clean-up costs only) and a victim surcharge of £48 - totalling £423.51. 'Fly-tipping will not be tolerated, ever. There is never an excuse to blight our, towns, lanes, streets and villages with waste, and we will find those responsible and hold them to account,' said councillor Ann Crimmings. Article continues below 'Our teams work hard to keep our streets and back lanes clean, and fly-tipping of any kind will not be tolerated.' 'This case acts as a clear reminder to householders or businesses that if you pay someone, other than the council, to take your waste away, you should always check they have a waste carrier licence and ask for a waste transfer note. "If your waste is fly tipped, you could be fined along with the individual or company you paid to remove it. 'Removal of fly-tipping costs hundreds of thousands of pounds each year, which should be spent on key front-line services at a time when budgets are under significant pressures. 'We will use every power available to us to hold those accountable for their actions. Many of the items we recover on our streets, towns and mountains could have been taken to a community recycling centre or collected from the kerbside at no extra cost.' Article continues below Get daily breaking news updates on your phone by joining our WhatsApp community here .
