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First fine goes to waste in Birmingham

3rd May 2007, Page 19
3rd May 2007
Page 19
Page 19, 3rd May 2007 — First fine goes to waste in Birmingham
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A TRUCK DRIVER has become the first person to be prosecuted under Birmingham Council's crackdown on the illegal transport of waste.

Martin Chick, of Selly Oak, was fined 2200 with £150 costs by Birmingham magistrates after failing to register with the Environment Agency (EA) as a waste carrier.

Operation Cleansweep was launched a few weeks ago after the agency warned that too many haulage firms were dumping waste illegally. Operators were ordered to register waste-carrying activities with the agency.

Chick's vehicle was carrying scrap metal when it was stopped by EA officials in Birmingham — Chick claimed he was moving waste from his garden. The name of his haulage company was not disclosed.

EA officer Gillian Lloyd says: "Waste carriers must register with the agency as it is unfair on the haulage firms that comply with the law and pay the registration costs."