New Delhi: A man residing in UK’s Yorkshire has been given two months to clear an illegal waste site or face further action, a UK press release stated.
Oliver Henry Alexander King, 52, of Bedale, stood before York Magistrates’ Court on Friday where he pleaded guilty to operating a waste site without an environmental permit and failing to comply with a notice to clear waste from the site at Oran Lane, Catterick.
King was given a 12-month community order with 110 hours of unpaid work. He was ordered to pay £5,422.75 in costs and a £114 victim surcharge. A site clearance deadline of 21 March, 2025, was also imposed on him. Regulation 44 orders King to remove and dispose of all waste at a permitted site, the press release added.
Ian Foster, Environment Agency area environment manager, said, “Environmental permits are in place to protect the public and environment and the way the waste was stored at this site posed a risk of contamination and fire. King was given several opportunities to clear the site of waste but failed to comply with the instructions from our officers. Illegal activity such as this undermines legitimate businesses that work hard to operate within the regulations, as well as putting the environment at risk and impacting on the local community.”