Fly-tipping - an illegal rubbish clearance practice!

Flytipping costs tax-payers hundreds of millions of pounds each year, and can have some bearing on house prices and local businesses. It damages the natural environment, causes harm to wildlife, and effects our quality of life.

Fly-tipping is the unlawful dumping of rubbish such as household and garden waste, electrical items, tyres and building waste in places such as by the side of the road, lay-bys, playing fields, or private land. It ends upcosting the tax-payer millions of pounds each year and can have a negative effect on property prices and local businesses.

What happens if you are caught fly-tipping

Dumping illegally is a serious criminal offence that carries a fine of up to 50,000 pounds(unlimited if the case goes to the Crown Court). You could also face a prison sentence of up to five years for fly-tipping. Local councils treat fly-tipping very seriously and will usually prosecute anyone caught fly-tipping waste.

You could also face the same penalties if:

* you allow someone to fly-tip on your land
* a vehicle that is registered to you is used to fly-tip

You could face penalties up to 5,000 pounds if:

* you don't check that the company or person you give waste to has a licence to carry waste
* you don't check that the company or person you give waste to is not taking it to an unlicensed site

You can check whether a company is licensed to carry waste by searching the public register on the Environment Agency website.
Source: www.direct.gov.uk

The government says tougher action has led to an 18.7% fall in the illegal dumping of rubbish in the last year. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has discovered that the number of incidents of illegally dumped waste in England fell by almost one-fifth (18.7%) to 947,000, following a 9% reduction the previous year.

In total, there were 2,460 prosecution actions carried out in 2009-10, of which 97% achieved a successful outcome such as a fine.

So if you are faced with the need to get rid of furniture, garden waste (including any light demolition) office waste, fridges, freezers car batteries, gas bottles, builders waste etc either take it to your nearest recycling centre or call a registered rubbish clearance company to clear away your rubbish.

One such company is Rubbish Clearance Hertfordshire who offer a full range of waste disposal services including house clearance, garden clearance, garage clearance etc.

They get rid of all kinds of garden waste - from foliage and green waste, to garden sheds, pots, tubs, soil, rubble, BBQs and any other garden junk.

When it comes to house clearance they are the simple to employ house and flat clearance service. Whether a full house clearance is needed or simply an individualitem needs taking away they are experienced in all situations of house clearance. Even if the property has been rented by a bad tenant or if the house has been left by a relative who has passed away they will be able to assist.

They are specialists in all aspects of office clearance whether several thousands of square feet need to be cleared, or simply one item needs removing such as an old photocopier. They are very flexible and welcome short notice office clearance jobs as well as office removal jobs of all sizes.

They may also be used instead of hiring a skip as you may find that removing your waste byemployinga clearance company can be more cost effective. The charge of hiring a skip can be very costly when you consider the cost of a skip hire license in addition to the actual skip hire and it is also worth noting that they would do all of the loading and clearing. One more advantage is that you only pay for the volume or weight that is taken whereas with a skip the cost is fixed no matterhow much waste you have to remove.

Rubbish Clearance Hertfordshire offer waste management services for private individuals, estate agents, facilities management companies and property management companies.

This article has been written by Brian Marconi who works closely with a Rubbish Clearance company called Rubbish Clearance Hertfordshire