INVESTIGATIONS led by Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) Environmental Enforcement Officers resulted in the prosecution of 2 individuals for two fly-tipping offences.

On 5 September 2022, EFDC became aware of the fly-tipping by Mr Brotherton. CCTV footage identified Brotherton and officers requested he attend an interview at the Council offices.

Mr Brotherton failed to attend the interview and pay a Fixed Penalty Notice.

Mr Bradley Brotherton of Stanway Road, Waltham Abbey pleaded guilty to fly-tipping a fridge freezer in the community bin area, adjacent to a notice prohibiting the depositing of bulky waste.

At a hearing in Southend Magistrates Court on 15 May 2023, Mr Brotherton was fined £400 and costs payable to the Council of £1,070.

Following the investigation of a building waste fly-tip in Low Hill Road, Roydon, EFDC Environmental Enforcement officers tracked the illegal dumping back to Mr Shaoliang Huang, who had recently carried out a loft conversion at a property in East London.

Under interview, Mr Huang admitted he had arranged for the waste to be taken from the property by a man in a van for £190 without checking the names and necessary licences.

Huang failed to attend the hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates Court on 11 May 2023; the Magistrate found him guilty in his absence. Mr Huang was ordered to pay a fine of £1,100 with a victim surcharge of £440 and costs payable to the Council of £643.09.

Councillor Ken Williamson, Portfolio Holder for Technical Services said:

These cases demonstrate that we take fly-tipping extremely seriously and are prepared to engage the prosecution process if people refuse to comply. Our officers work hard to secure fly-tipping convictions and every successful prosecution should raise an element of doubt in the minds of those proposing to fly-tip in the future.