Lionel Ritchie
24/06/2007, 12:35 PM
...well not quite. But they're doubling the fines for illegal dumping (can lighten the pocket by STG £50,000 when this becomes law) and 5 year prison terms will be on the cards too.
Fair play to them. I don't think this goes far enough but it's a good deal better than the situation down here where the deterents are derisory sums.
Apparently it will cost upwards of 50,000,000 to clean up the waste dumped in NI illegally that originated in this jurisdiction!!!
I posted before about how ridiculously easy it is to get into the waste business here. For in and around a grand you're legitimately set up and licenced. There are few evident restrictions in vehicle type, suitability etc... which is why you see a plethora of flat back/bucket back/dodgily modified Dynas around the place.
Moreover -posting a whopper of a bond should be compulsory before you can start trading ...and not just a couple of grand either -it should be the value of a mortgage. €250,000 maybe.
Fair play to them. I don't think this goes far enough but it's a good deal better than the situation down here where the deterents are derisory sums.
Apparently it will cost upwards of 50,000,000 to clean up the waste dumped in NI illegally that originated in this jurisdiction!!!
I posted before about how ridiculously easy it is to get into the waste business here. For in and around a grand you're legitimately set up and licenced. There are few evident restrictions in vehicle type, suitability etc... which is why you see a plethora of flat back/bucket back/dodgily modified Dynas around the place.
Moreover -posting a whopper of a bond should be compulsory before you can start trading ...and not just a couple of grand either -it should be the value of a mortgage. €250,000 maybe.