From: "John Reynolds" To: "Lolworth Parish Council" ; "Irish Nick-Dry Drayton" ; "Girton Parish News" ; "Girton Parish Council" ; "Dry Drayton Web Site" ; "Boxworth Parish Council" ; "Binnie Harvey-Boxworth" ; "Bar Hill website" ; "Bar Hill Parish Council" ; "Bar Hill News" ; "Dry Drayton News" Subject: FLY TIPPERS WILL BE CAUGHT IN OUR WEB - WARNING Date: 24 August 2006 09:31 FLY TIPPERS WILL BE CAUGHT IN OUR WEB - WARNING Fly tippers who dump rubbish in Cambridgeshire could be facing a large fine or jail time County waste chiefs have warned. In Cambridgeshire, the county, district and city councils have been working together over the past 15 months to enforce the law and keep the county's public places free from rubbish. Leonard Webster Fly-tipping Enforcement Officer for Cambridgeshire County Council, together with his City and District Council colleagues is becoming the scourge of fly-tippers Over the last two months alone, 14 fixed-penalty notices have been issued in Cambridgeshire for littering or fly-tipping, and 2 cases have been remitted to the court as a result of prosecution and are waiting for a verdict. Since April 2005, the Clean Neighbourhoods Act has enabled local authorities to prosecute individuals and organisations that fly-tip, litter or transport waste without a valid license issued by the Environment Agency. Nearly 1,500 prosecutions have been taken against fly-tippers. Cambridgeshire Waste Partnership authorities are asking residents to beware of illegal disposal of their waste, as official figures reveal that over £50 million were spent in 2005/6 clearing fly-tipping incidents in England. The figures, released by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, report more than 6,000 cases of illegal disposal of rubbish just in the East of England, with over 50% of this being household waste. Littering is an offence which can incur fixed-penalty notices of £75, and fly-tipping carries penalties of up to 5 years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine, according to the seriousness of the offence. It is estimated that a significant amount of fly-tips is a result of illegal waste carriers. Under current legislation, any firm collecting or transporting waste, even its own must be registered with the Environment Agency and a license to transport waste must be obtained. District and city councils are exempt from this requirement. Householders can transport their own waste to licensed sites but if they give it to someone else to transport that person needs to have a waste carriers licence The responsibility to verify that a waste carrier is legally licensed relies on the waste producer, including householders, as specified in the Environmental Protection Act. The person transporting the waste must give you a waste transfer note describing the waste and disposal method. If the waste is fly-tipped and you do not have such a note, you are responsible. Residents are advised to always check that any individual or company removing any waste for them to be disposed to is licensed by the Environment Agency. It is possible to do it online at the Environment Agency website, click on public registers or by telephone on 08708 506 506 Leonard Webster, Fly-tipping Enforcement Officer for Cambridgeshire County Council, said: "It is not acceptable that neighbourhoods are spoiled by fly-tippers and we will be making sure that they are punished according to their actions. Under the approved legislation, local authorities have been enabled to issue fixed penalty notices and we will not hesitate to apply the law. Actions sent to court can now carry an unlimited fine and even imprisonment in very serious cases." Information for small traders on disposal of waste is available from Donarbon Ltd on 01223 861010 or WRG Ltd on 01480 810543. John Reynolds -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/426 - Release Date: 23/08/2006