MONMOUTHSHIRE County Council has urged residents and business owners to responsibly dispose of their waste after recent reports of fly-tipping.

The call comes after the council’s environmental health officers secured a prosecution against Hub Office Furniture of Aberbargoed.

The company was found to have fly-tipped its waste in Penyclawdd, near Raglan, in April 2014 and was fined £1,200.

The firm admitted passing the waste - which included cardboard and numerous plastic bags - to persons who arrived at its base offering to dispose of it. The general manager was also fined £400 and the council was awarded its costs of over £1,700.

Last week, a large collection of rubbish and old furniture was fly-tipped near Usk.

Monmouthshire’s cabinet member for Regulatory Services, County Councillor Giles Howard said: “This is the council’s fourth successful fly-tipping prosecution in the past 18 months resulting in over £6,000 fines and costs awarded. 

“This reflects public concern caused by indiscriminate waste tipping spoiling our beautiful landscape.

“It is worth noting that the company concerned did not directly fly-tip the material but was held responsible for failing to check it would be disposed of properly.

“We all have a duty of care to ensure that we dispose of our waste properly and if we give it to someone else to dispose of, to ensure they are a registered carrier of waste. If your waste is dumped you could be fined.”

Call Natural Resources Wales on 0300 065 3000 or visit: www.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk to check if a person is a registered waste carrier.

For more information on fly-tipping, visit www.mon

mouthshire.gov.uk/

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