\n The South Wootton local had been renovating her home and had already used a reputable skip company for the waste.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, she was left with a van-load of excess rubbish and accepted an unsolicited offer from a man to take it away.\n<\/p>\n
\n A woman has been fined after her waste was fly-tipped without her knowledge (Image: Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk)\n<\/p>\n
\n She later admitted that she did not check whether he was a registered waste carrier, ask where the waste would be taken or request any paperwork.\n<\/p>\n
\n The waste was discovered dumped 10 miles from her home.\n<\/p>\n
\n Councillor Sandra Squire said: \u201cThe householder had done the hardest part of the job of refurbishing her home and has used reputable waste skips for the builder\u2019s waste but to believe that a person in a van who calls at your door and offers to take away waste for cash is folly.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The SCRAP code is simple, it helps all residents avoid waste being fly-tipped and the householder being interviewed and fined.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I congratulate the team on their good work on bringing this case to a conclusion and on the waste being cleared.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The SCRAP code instructs people to suspect all waste carriers, refuse unexpected offers, ask what will happen to the waste, obtain a detailed invoice or receipt and report illegal waste services.\n<\/p>\n
\n An investigation led by the council\u2019s Waste Management Team resulted in the woman being interviewed and admitting to breaching her householder duty of care.\n<\/p>\n
\n She was issued a fixed penalty notice of \u00a3200, which she paid.\n<\/p>\n
\n Barry Brandford, waste and recycling manager, added: \u201cThe SCRAP code is there to protect residents from being the victim of fraudulent people who are only doing this crime to make a few hundred pounds in quick profit.\n<\/p>\n
\n “They do not care for the resident or the environment, and their motives are entirely selfish.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Please don\u2019t be the next victim and follow the SCRAP code.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The South Wootton local had been renovating her home and had already used a reputable skip company for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-646350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}