Police need volunteers to help in Margate clean-up operation
It can be said that police often clean up the streets by bringing offenders to justice, but later this month officers in Margate plan to take part in a different…
Fly-tipping hotspots cleared up and hidden CCTV installed in Dover
Fly-tipping hotspots in the district are being cleared up and given a makeover as part of preventative measures to stop the ongoing blight on communities. CCTV cameras – both covert…
Student landlords in Canterbury warned over unacceptable piles of dumped rubbish
Letters reminding the landlords of student houses of their responsibility to make sure their tenants do not leave a mess on the streets when they leave at the end of…
Man caught on CCTV ordered to pay £22,555 for illegally dumping waste in Rainham
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted Michael Shilling, who was fined £4,500, ordered to pay £6,779 costs, a £190 victims’ surcharge and was ordered to pay compensation to Iron Mountain…
£2,500 fines for littering Folkestone and Hythe as new campaign is launched
‘Don’t Mess it Up’ is a brand new campaign encouraging visitors and residents not to litter and spoil the Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh district. Highlighting beauty spots around the…
Doing a favour for someone costs HGV driver in Ashford nearly £2,500
Driving a HGV carrying garden waste, wood and fencing as “a favour” for someone else has landed a man with a £2,423.46 bill after he was taken to court by…
Ashford’s fly-tipping enforcers hit woman with £400 charge for not checking waste collector was registered
When an Ashford woman paid £650 for a house in Kingsnorth to be cleared she failed to check that she was using a waste collector registered with the Environment Agency…
Putting out the bins leads to fines of £1,200 for fly-tipping in Ashford
Three Ashford people have each been issued with a £400 Fixed Penalty Notice following a fly-tipping incident investigated by Ashford Borough Council’s Environmental Enforcement Team. The council reported that in…
Mersham man sentenced after guilty verdict over waste offences
Photo: Ashford Borough Council – An Ashford landowner who ignored repeated warnings to stop allowing waste to be brought onto his land and burnt has been sentenced to 26 weeks…
Canterbury City Council bring in new ‘enforcers’
Enforcement work in the Canterbury district to tackle a range of environmental offences such as littering is to be carried out by a new private company. Following a formal procurement…