A South Gloucestershire man has been ordered to pay a total of £2,011 in fines and costs after being prosecuted for fly-tipping and paperwork offences. Jason Edgecombe, of Northcote Road, in Mangotsfield, was found guilty of dumping waste near his home at Bristol Magistrates Court on August 15.
Edgecombe, 41, was advertising a waste collection service called "Westcoast Removals" or "Westcoast Waste Removal" on social media in March 2020, during the first period of Covid-19 lockdown. This was despite having no registered waste carrier licence and no waste transfer notes for loads he collected.
Some of this controlled waste was then found dumped in a communal area at the rear of Northcote Road, Mangotsfield, by South Gloucestershire Council environmental enforcement officers. When interviewed, Edgecombe claimed he was assisting a friend who must have fly-tipped the waste.
