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Fly-tippers hit with 15k fines
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• Bogus waste disposal operators in Birmingham are facing fines of up to £5,000 after being caught in a blitz on fly-tipping.
Checkpoints set up around the city found that 19 of the 45 vans, pick-ups and trucks stopped were carrying waste with out a licence.
The day-long crackdown, called Operation Cleansweep, was a joint effort between police, council officials and the Environment Agency to reduce the 34,000 tonnes of waste illegally dumped in the city each year Another 12 joint enforcement exercises are planned over the next year, as well as increased camera surveillance at fly-tipping hotspots.
Dr David Hudson, Environment Agency manager for Birmingham, says unregistered carriers compete unfairly with legitimate operators who have to invest time and money to obtain authorisation for waste disposal. He hopes the initiative will "act as a deterrent to people who think they can make a quick buck by threatening the environment".
Under the Control of Pollution Act, unregistered carriers of commercial waste face fines of up to £5,000. Registration requires operators to formally identify any waste they carry and to transport and dispose of it safely.