Sheffield man pays £300 fixed penalty notice after caught with fly flip flops in Eckington

A Sheffield resident has paid a £300 fixed penalty charge after their waste was found with a fly-tipping on Gashouse Lane, Eckington.

Members of the public discovered the fly tip waste in May and reported it to the Council. A Council enforcement officer attended and recovered evidence from the flyover, linking it to a property in Sheffield.

Waste collectors must have a waste transporter’s license registered with the Environment Agency. It is the responsibility of residents to ensure that their waste is disposed of correctly. If you hand over waste to a waste collector and fail to check that they are licensed to transport waste, then you are committing an offence.

Stephen Pickering, Cabinet Member for North East Derbyshire District Council, said: “Please ensure waste is picked up by authorized haulers, it is your responsibility to ensure waste is disposed of correctly.

We as a council continue to do great work to catch fly tippers and prevent further littering, achieving our aim of maintaining a safe and pleasant environment across the borough.”

Gashouse Lane has been subject to a number of fly tipping incidents recently and investigations are ongoing. If you have information about a witness who flipped the area, please report it.

Check if your waste hauler is licensed by visiting the government’s website.

Learn more about the impact of fly tipping and how you can report it quickly and easily via our Fly Tipping webpage.