A takeaway pizza order has cost a Burley furniture company almost £21,000 after it fly-tipped in the grounds of a hospital.
EMM Furniture was found guilty at Burnley Magistrates Court of dumping the waste in the grounds of Royal Blackburn Hospital,
The company was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £539 in costs and £354 in compensation for clearing the waste.
Blackburn with Darwen Council received an anonymous report from a member of the public, who provided a photo showing two people fly-tipping waste from a van at the hospital.
A takeaway pizza receipt with EMM Furniture’s address was found among the waste.
When council officers visited the company’s Ruskin Street, Burnley premises – more than 12miles from the hospital – they found matching waste bags and the van used in the offence.
‘This case shows that fly-tippers can and will be identified, no matter how hard they try to cover their tracks,’ says Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Images: Blackburn with Darwen Council
