THE HERALD FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 2017


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7 News Dumped rubbish doesn’t fly with locals RESIDENTS of Pembrokeshire


took to Facebook on Sunday (Jan 29) to display their disgust and outrage after a photo was posted of fly-tipping that had occurred earlier on that day near Carew Airfield in Sageston, Tenby, which consisted of orange bags, a sofa, two mattresses and metal frames. According to Stats Wales, there


were 1,199 incidents of fly-tipping in Pembrokeshire between 2015 and 2016, which is 381 more incidents than between 2014-2015, with only 212 investigations taking place. Despite this, no warning letters, statutory or fixed penalty notices or prosecutions occurred. This cost Pembrokeshire £77,693 in clearance costs. Locals mostly placed the blame


on Pembrokeshire County Council, saying the charges at the landfill sites were too high for commercial vehicles, which could be catching out those advertising their services such as ‘man with a van’, who charge too little for their services and are therefore unable to cover the costs at the tip. One commenter, Kate Reed,


posted: “Probably man with van doing tip run for a few quid. Happened at my hubby’s work; it was dumped behind his unit. He put it on Pembrokeshire- Bay to find out if someone recognised the stuff. The person who owned it was mortified that the person she paid did this and came and collected it herself!” The feeling seemed to be


mutual among the majority of those commenting, with one person saying: “It is disgusting, but with the council now charging £104 for a large trailer load, we had better start getting used to it.”


They added: “It is embarrassing


trying to justify it to customers for that very reason. Looks as though I am ripping them off.” The Herald spoke to local


businessman Mr John Andrews [name changed], who said he couldn’t


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understand how people advertising ‘man with a van’ can perform their legal obligations for the prices charged, and expressed his concerns over the consequences of hiring such people. He said: “Fly-tipping is getting


worse. If I came to you to do a job and I had waste to take away, that would be industrial waste. I would need insurance on my van to be able to cover waste goods, so these people taking things away - are they covered? I don’t understand how people can do things for £20.” As explained on Natural Resources


Wales’ website and gov.co.uk, you will need to be registered as a waste carrier if your main place of business is Wales, and you, as part of your business, buy, sell, transport or dispose of waste. If you just transport waste you produce yourself, registration is usually free and renews automatically; however, you’ll need to pay £154 and renew your licence every three years if you transport other people’s waste, or construction or demolition waste you produce yourself. The Herald contacted three


different people advertising ‘man with a van’. Two asked for for £30 and one asked for £20 for a ‘tip run’. When asked if this amount would cover the cost at the tip, one person said ‘hope so’, while the other said: “The charges are a nightmare. You can see why people fly-tip!” The Herald also asked Mr Andrews


what he would charge if he were to, hypothetically, do a ‘tip run’ for a customer. He said: “Looking at the waste that’s been dumped at Carew, it looks like more than one van load, so it’d probably be two trips. Taking this into account with my hourly rate, with diesel and covering a charge at the tip, you’re looking at around £100.”


Warrant issued A WARRANT for the arrest


of Shane Goodridge was issued at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 31). The 22-year-old from Oliver’s View in Pembroke failed to appear


occurred in Milford Haven on January 12.


Sex offender pleads guilty on day of trial A MAN accused of making an


indecent photograph of a child changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on the day of his trial at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Monday (Jan 30). William Taylor Rowe, aged


22, pleaded guilty to making seven pseudo-photographs of category C of a child, and sending two threatening


Facebook messages on May 7, 2015. The case was adjourned by


Magistrates until February 20, in order for probation to prepare a pre- sentence report. Rowe was remanded on bail, with the condition to register with the police in accordance with the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and work with probation in order to prepare a report.


Fly-tipping in Pembrokeshire: Locals say it's 'getting worse'


In relation to the Facebook post,


other suggestions came flying in as to why somebody would have fly-tipping as an option in their mind, rather than take it to the tip where it would be disposed of properly - one of which was the fortnightly bin collection. The council first proposed the


controversial plans in February 2013, and introduced the new regime in October 2013. Irate residents and concerned local councillors voiced their fears that the changes could potentially be hazardous, but the council felt that the estimated £500,000 they save per year because of the change would be beneficial - more so, perhaps, than having weekly bin collections that could prevent fly- tipping. Gary Venn, who commented on the post on the popular Facebook


selling page Pembrokeshire-Bay, said: “I’m not surprised, to be honest. The binmen come every two weeks. I took loads of bags to the tip today, doing a job that we pay tax for and they told me only four bags were allowed to be dumped. I had to take away six bags.” However, some said they found no


problem with bringing their rubbish to the tip, but did say that they felt that the culprit could have made this decision due to landfill sites not being open as often like they are in the summer. As stated on Pembrokeshire


County Council’s website, every household in Pembrokeshire has a legal responsibility to dispose of its rubbish in the appropriate manner. It says: “If you have your rubbish removed and it ends up being fly-tipped, you could be held responsible and fined,” and you must remember to always ask to


see a waste carrier’s certificate and do not use waste contractors who won’t show you an original certificate. You must also keep a record of the waste carrier’s details in case they fly-tip your waste and it is traced back to you. It also states that businesses must always get a copy of a waste transfer note from the person who takes the waste away Under the Refuse Disposal


(Amenity) Act 1978, the penalty for fly-tipping/non-compliance can be a maximum of £50,000 and/or five years imprisonment. The Herald contacted Pembrokeshire County Council to see if they felt the charges at landfill sites could be deemed as extortionate, or whether they thought charges were reasonable; however, at the time of going to print, we had received no response.


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