Court fines unlicensed waste carrier and dealer

Thursday, 18 May 2023 16:11

By Alexander Chadwick @thisisyo1

York Magistrates have fined an unlicensed scrap metal dealer who was not keeping records of safely disposing waste and dealing in it illegally.

To support the safe disposal of scrap metal in the city, Luke Daniel Jamieson (aged 31 of Woodlea Avenue, York) was prosecuted and pleaded guilty in court on 12 May 2023, to four offences. The offences were acting as a scrap metal collector without holding the appropriate licence; carrying waste without holding a waste carrier’s licence; failing to keep the required records for collecting; and selling scrap metal.

To collect or trade in scrap metal legally, a collector’s or site licence must be acquired from a local authority as well as an appropriate waste carrier’s licence from the Environment Agency.

Jane Mowat, Head of Safer Communities at City of York Council, said: “Any business or resident wanting to dispose of any scrap metal items must ensure that it is taken by an authorised and licensed scrap metal collector, or that it is safely disposed of at a local household waste recycling centre.

“Scrap metal left on a kerb or roadside presents a hazard, potential pollutant and may be taken for abandoned waste or fly tipping. The person who put it there could be given a fixed penalty notice of up to £400.”

Before his court appearance, Mr Jamieson applied for and was granted the necessary licence to carry waste, and has submitted an application for his scrap metal dealer’s licence.

The court issued Mr Jamieson fines totalling £300 and ordered him to pay £300 in costs and a £120 surcharge.

For information on waste permits and licenses, please visit: www.york.gov.uk/business-licences/scrap-metal-dealer-licence and www.gov.uk/topic/environmental-management/waste

For information on businesses’ duty of care for their waste, please visit: www.york.gov.uk/commercial-waste/commercial-waste-disposal-responsibilities

For information on residents’ duty of care for their waste, please visit: www.york.gov.uk/household-waste/responsibility-household-waste

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