Dumping two bags cost fly-tipper £1k in crackdown

Ovinade Awode was ordered to pay £1,116 after dumping two bags

A woman has been ordered to pay £1,116 after dumping two bags of rubbish in a new crackdown on fly-tipping by Hull City Council.

Ovinade Awode, of Whitehaven Avenue, Hull, was prosecuted at Hull Magistrates' Court after waste was left on Exmouth Street in the city.

The local authority has revealed 11 people were taken to court in August, generating fines and costs of more than £10,000.

Councillor Charles Quinn, portfolio holder for the environment, said incidents of fly-tipping will "not be tolerated".

Hull City Council has said incidents of fly-tipping will not be tolerated

Mr Quinn added: "It is unsightly, potentially harmful to human health and damaging to the environment.

"These fines could easily be avoided, if people disposed of their waste correctly.

"There are a number of services, schemes and waste centres Hull residents can use to ensure waste is disposed of correctly and our environments are kept clean."

Other prosecutions included fines for a man who dumped a fridge on Bedford Street and a man who left a mattress on Saltash Road.

The council said the fine for fly-tipping is £1,000 but anyone failing to pay will then face legal action, which could lead to an unlimited fine, imprisonment, or both.

The authority has also reminded residents it offers bulky waste collection services as well as running three household waste and recycling centres in the city.

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