TracyWalker commented Man prosecuted after waste operator he found on Facebook...

A householder has was prosecuted after using Facebook to find someone to dispose of his waste - which was later found fly-tipped. Barry James, of Portland Street, Mansfield, paid a trader to remove waste from his home, but had not taken details of the vehicle used, asked for a receipt or asked to see the operator's waste licence - something commercial waste disposal operators are obliged to have and carry with them. The 40-year-old was prosecuted by Mansfield District Council at Mansfield...