Hereford company fined for flytipping

A local company and its director have been fined for flytipping.

Hope Maintenance and its director, Garry Ridley, pleaded guilty to three charges at Hereford Magistrates court last month.

The company and director were ordered to pay a total of £318.00 in fines and costs.

The court heard that in June 2021, enforcement officers from Herefordshire Council investigated a report of fly-tipping on private land at Caplor Farm in Hereford, where Hope Maintenance is based. Officers found evidence of fly-tipping and carried out a full investigation. Garry Ridley was discovered to be promoting waste collection services on Hope Maintenance’s Facebook page. He admitted collecting waste from an address in Hereford for £25.00 in cash. He then dumped the waste in a field at Caplor Farm to save paying to dispose of the waste legally.

Hope Maintenance received a fine of £100.00, was ordered to pay costs of £100 and received a victim surcharge of £34.00.

Garry Ridley was fined £50.00 and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £34.00.