A resident who moved out of a street in Bristol to a new home elsewhere in the city, but then kept returning to dump their waste from their new property outside their old house, has been fined.
Bristol City Council ’s Neighbourhood Enforcement Team were alerted after people complained that there was a big pile of rubbish and recycling dumped on a street in St Pauls.
The scene was investigated and it was found that a large amount of rubbish, cardboard from flatpack furniture and other items were being left in Dalrymple Road.
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Dalrymple Road is one of several streets in St Pauls with a designated mini-recycling centre for residents, next to the road’s play park, but it is only for people who live there, and only for items that can be fitted into the recycling bins.
A city council waste enforcement officer was tasked with finding out where all this extra waste and recycling had come from, and they tracked it down to someone who used to live there.
The culprit received a £1,000 fixed penalty notice for flytipping, so has not been named by the city council.
A spokesperson for the Bristol Neighbourhood Enforcement Team said: “A former resident of Dalrymple Road has this month been served with a £1,000 fixed penalty notice for fly-tipping.
“Following an investigation by a waste enforcement officer, a former resident had been found to be returning to Dalrymple Road and depositing waste from their new property,” he added.