Residents pay the penalty as fly tipping and littering soars during lockdown
People are being dragged before the courts.
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Two Middleton residents have been fined for fly-tipping offences in a crackdown on environmental crime by Rochdale council.
Both individuals should have appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court on Friday April 9 for breaching the Environmental Protection Act (1990) but failed to attend.
10 employees at Rochdale Council earn more than £100,000 per year Date published: 30 April 2021
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Ten members of staff at Rochdale Borough Council are being paid more than £100,000 per year – the third highest in Greater Manchester.
Campaigners The Tax Payers’ Alliance, who are pushing for a low-tax society, has released its annual ‘Town Hall Rich List’ for the 2019-20 financial year – although councils more often than not also list their staff’s pay on their websites.
In the list, all of the staff within Greater Manchester’s 10 borough councils who are paid a substantial wage from public money are listed.
Middleton residents hit with fines for fly-tipping Date published: 30 April 2021
Regular example of dumped waste found across the borough
Two more local residents have been fined in connection with fly-tipping offences after investigations by Rochdale Council resulted in successful prosecutions.
Both individuals should have appeared at Manchester & Salford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 9 April for offences contrary to the Environmental Protection Act (1990) but failed to attend. They were both forced to attend court under warrant on Tuesday 20 April, 2021.
Paul Jones of Middleton, pleaded guilty to fly-tipping a large amount of waste in the alleyway to the rear of North Street. He was fined £160 and also ordered to pay costs of £400 and a victim surcharge of £32.
No ifs or butts - fines enforced for littering in Rochdale Date published: 20 April 2021
Karla Pokutova, 27, of Rochdale, had previously admitted depositing one bag of waste on the highway at Suffolk Street, Rochdale
Three more local residents have been fined in connection with littering and fly-tipping offences. One woman ended up being fined a total of £658 for discarding a cigarette butt.
The three were at Manchester & Salford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 9 April for offences contrary to the Environmental Protection Act (1990).
Chloe Lluch, 23, of Littleborough, had been witnessed throwing away a cigarette end on Yorkshire Street, Rochdale by a council town centre enforcement warden and had been offered a fixed penalty notice but failed to pay it.