Denbighshire County Council says it will take action against anyone suspected of fly-tipping in the county.
The warning follows a number of cases in recent weeks where Denbighshire’s Environmental Enforcement Officers have come across waste that has been dumped in public.
Their investigations have shown that householders have paid ‘somebody in a van’ money to take their waste away. They do not know the identity of the individual and have no receipt for the waste that was taken.
All householders/occupiers of a domestic property have to ensure that their waste is transferred to an authorised person or a person authorised for transport purposes.
Ideally, when obtaining a receipt from a contractor, it should have the name of the contractor, date, contractor’s address and telephone number.
Failure to obtain a receipt or a waste transfer note may lead to the householder being taken to court.
Councillor Sharon Frobisher, Cabinet Lead Member for Environment, said: “The council’s staff and partner organisations work hard to keep our environment as clean as possible and our efforts are being hampered by a minority of people who decide it is acceptable to dump waste in public.
“This is not the case and the council will take seriously any complaints of fly-tipping. It’s anti-social and we will use the powers available to take those responsible through the courts.”
To check the person/company you have employed is a registered waste carrier, please check on the environment Agency’s public register at www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Denbighshire County Council has also joined forces with many other organisations across Wales to support the Fly Tipping Action Wales campaign.. To find out more information, please visit: www.flytippingactionwales.org
