For more people have been hit with fines for littering and fly-tipping offences as Rochdale Borough Council continues to clampdown on those who fail to respect and keep the borough tidy.
All 4 were charged with offences contrary to the Environmental Protection Act (1990), at Manchester & Salford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 17 June .
Dale Buckley, 37, of Holland Rise, Rochdale, and Mohammed Shakeel, 47, of Wash Lane, Bury, were both convicted of littering offences. Mr Buckley was witnessed throwing a gas canister into the River Roch by a town centre enforcement warden in January 2020.
Mr Shakeel was also witnessed throwing a plastic bag containing a vodka bottle into undergrowth in Don Street, Middleton, in September 2020. Both had been offered fixed penalty notices but failed to pay them.
Mr Buckley was ordered to pay a fine and costs, totalling £542, Mr Shakeel was ordered to pay a total of £539.
Daniel Minshull, 32, Avon Road, Heywood, and Tracey Walker, 52, of Abingdon Close, Rochdale, both pleaded guilty to breaching their duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act (1990). They had each employed people they could not identify to remove waste for them, which resulted in fly-tipping.
Mr Minshull’s dumped waste was found at Woodhouse Lane, Rochdale, and Ms Walker’s at several locations around her own address at Abingdon Close. Mr Minshull was ordered to pay a fine and costs, totalling £252, Ms Walker was ordered to pay a total of £262.
