Wiltshire man fined for fly-tipping asbestos waste

Daniel Waters, 33, of Old Dairy, Amesbury pleaded guilty at Salisbury Magistrates court on Tuesday, September 14 to fly-tipping hazardous rubbish on Collingbourne Ducis farmland. 

Waters also failed to provide waste transfer notes to Wiltshire Council when requested. 

Hazardous waste illegally dumped at Collingbourne Ducis farmland

A spokesman for the local authority said: “Mr Waters was fined a total of £6,980.80 including costs, and the vehicle he used to fly-tip the waste, which has been seized by the council, was authorised for disposal by the magistrates, as a result of the criminal investigation conducted by the council’s environmental enforcement officers. 

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“The vehicle will have the hazardous materials removed, and any reusable parts will be salvaged before it is crushed and recycled in the coming weeks.”

The court heard how Waters used his tipper truck to collect hazardous construction waste that contained asbestos from a property in Andover, and then fly-tipped it on private farmland in Collingbourne Ducis. 

The vehicle used in the fly-tip was seized by Wiltshire Police at the request of the council.

Once seized, the vehicle was stored securely until the court hearing, where magistrates authorised its destruction. In addition to this, Mr Waters failed to provide the council with any of his waste transfer notes for his business, DW Tree Services, which would have shown how he was lawfully disposing of his waste.

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Cabinet member for transport and waste, Dr Mark McClelland said: “This is a fantastic result that sends out a strong message to fly-tippers that their criminal actions will not be tolerated in Wiltshire and the consequences will be severe.”