Firm fined £5,000 for computer fly-tipping
December 2, 2005
A UK computer company has been fined £5,000 for illegally dumping PC equipment.
Chesterfield Magistrates Court heard how Channel Hardware had fly-tipped more than 200 monitors along with other computer gear in November 2004.
Channel Hardware, of Bolsover Business Park in Chesterfield, and its director Steven Constable, 48, were both charged with keeping waste without a licence and failing to store it in a secure area.
The Environment Agency said the hardware was traced back to Channel Hardware, which carried out computer repairs and dealt with discarded computer equipment.
In sentencing, the court said the firm had shown a "cavalier attitude to the storage of waste".
As well as the £5,000 fine Channel Hardware was also ordered to pay costs of £2,700 to the Environment Agency.
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