Amesbury tree surgeon fined nearly £7,000 for fly tipping hazardous material
There's been a number of prosecutions over the last month
A tree surgeon from Amesbury has been fined £6,980.80 for fly tipping hazardous waste.
Mr Daniel Waters, 33, of The Old Dairy, 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.
He also failed to provide waste transfer notes to the council when requested to do and therefore failed in his duty of care in relation to his business waste.
The truck has also been seized by Wiltshire Council and any reusable parts will be taken out before it is crushed.
Cllr Dr Mark McClelland, Cabinet Member for Transport and Waste, 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.
"I'd like to pay tribute to our officers for their hard work in bringing this fly-tipper to justice, and I'd also like to thank the many witnesses who assisted us, and our partners at Wiltshire Police, who seized the vehicle on our behalf.
"We take environmental crime very seriously, and as well as the large fine, the man's vehicle will now be crushed, which should serve as a warning to others. We will also make representations to the Environment Agency to request that Mr Waters' waste carriers licence is revoked."
It's one of a number of prosecutions last month for fly tipping.
On the 28th September, a Marlborough man was fined £2,815 for dumping a sofa in Pewsey.
Meanwhile, a man from Devizes was prosecuted for fly tipping house hold waste at the town's former slaughterhouse.
Fly-tipping costs Wiltshire Council £180,000 a year.