Waste removal company receives £10k fine for negligent actions which led to fly-tipping in Bucks
Buckinghamshire Council has successfully prosecuted a waste removal company whose negligent actions led to an incident of fly-tipping in the county.
Following an investigation by the council’s fly-tipping enforcement team, Reds Rubbish Removals Ltd, a company registered to carry waste, was summonsed to appear at High Wycombe Magistrates Court, in relation to its duty of care failure which resulted in the illegal deposit of waste at Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire in July 2023.
The court heard that on 18 July 2023 a council enforcement officer attended a fly-tip at Westfield Rd, Long Crendon which had been reported on Fix My Street by members of the public. The officer found mattresses, a fridge, a fencing trellis panel and a large quantity of loose waste which he traced to a business outside Buckinghamshire. He gathered the loose waste and secured it for removal, which was swiftly done, leaving the lane clean.
Further investigation led officers to identify the perpetrators, Reds Rubbish Removals Ltd, who admitted to collecting the waste from a customer using a van rented from a known associate. The van was later returned with the customer’s waste inside.
This waste was then illegally dumped.
Reds Rubbish Removals Ltd were summonsed to appear at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on Friday 8 November 2024. Company director Aaron Reddan, aged 32, of Shelby Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk was not present in court, and the case was heard in his absence.
Magistrates fined Reds Rubbish Removals Ltd £5,000 and awarded full clean-up, investigation and legal costs of £2,672.44 to Buckinghamshire Council. A victim surcharge of £2,000 was also imposed meaning that the company will have to pay a total of £9,672.44 within 28 days.
Buckinghamshire Council’s fly-tipping enforcement team had previously tracked down the owner of the van who admitted having dumped the waste. Kenny Lee Madgwick, aged 39 currently of HMP Stocken had previously entered a guilty plea when the case was heard at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on 24 July 2024. He was also investigated for another offence having been linked to a vehicle which was used to deposit household waste at Southern Road, Aylesbury on 10 November 2023.
District Judge Sharma fined Madgwick £440 for both the first and the second offence and awarded full clean-up and investigation costs to Buckinghamshire Council who brought the prosecution, a total of £885.42 for the first case and £1,158.40 for the second.
A victim surcharge of £352 was also imposed meaning that Madgwick will have to pay a total of £3,275.92 within 28 days of his release from custody.
Thomas Broom, Buckinghamshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment said: “Once again Buckinghamshire Council has shown its zero-tolerance stance to businesses who commit this crime. There is simply no excuse for fly-tipping and a business licensed to legally dispose of waste, of all organisations and individuals, should know better than to break the law in this way. We hope that the outcome of this case is a strong warning to any others who think they can fly-tip in Bucks and get away with it.”
If you have evidence showing an offence taking place and you are willing to provide a witness statement, please contact the council’s enforcement team at:
To report fly-tipping anywhere in Buckinghamshire visit fix-my-street.
