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Rotherham man fined for dumping industrial waste at Dalton

Several mounds of flytipping.
Flytipping at the scene

A Rotherham man who paid for waste to be dumped on the former Millside Centre on Doncaster Road in Dalton, has been fined by magistrates after Rotherham Council took enforcement action against him.

Arun Rashid, 37, of Northfield Lane, Wickersley, arranged for building waste he had generated elsewhere in Rotherham to be tipped at Millside in July 2022. This broke environmental protection laws and Sheffield Magistrates fined him £1,666, while ordering Rashid to pay £482 court costs and a £666 victim surcharge.

Council environmental enforcement officers traced Rashid after finding electrical parts and fittings bearing the name of a local electrical supplies company in the waste. They visited the company and found that it was having renovation works done by a company linked to Rashid.

When interviewed by Council officers, Rashid admitted that the wood, plaster, piping and electrical fittings dumped at Millside had been tipped by a grabber lorry hired by his company to dispose of waste from the renovation.

When called by Council officers, Rashid claimed to have the site owners’ permission to dump the waste and that he wasn’t aware the had broken the law. He offered to remove the waste as a priority but it was almost four months after the tipping started that the site was cleared.

Councillor Dominic Beck, Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment, said: “Rotherham Council is committed to providing a better environment for all and we will continue to help prosecute anyone who breaks the law on the disposal of waste.

“I’d like to thank residents for reporting the dumping and assisting Council staff in their enquiry. Council staff served notices to get the land cleared and worked smartly to get this case to court. Rashid has been served with a hefty fine and court costs, which should serve as a warning to others who think that they can dump waste willy-nilly.”

Published: 31st March 2023

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