Skip hire company fined £17,000

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A Belfast skip hire company has been fined £17,000 after pleading guilty to breaches of waste management legislation.

The DoE said in court that there was the potential to cause harm to human health from the illegal waste.

When DoE staff visited the Delta Skips site on the Upper Springfield Road last year it was found to contain 600 tonnes of 'controlled waste'.

It included tyres, waste food and gas cylinders.

The site did not have planning permission and was not licensed for the waste.

A director of Delta Skips Ltd, William McQuillan, pleaded guilty to three charges under the Waste and Contaminated Land (NI) Order 1997.

Delta Skips Ltd also agreed to pay £6,400 to the Department for loss of revenue resulting from failure to pay the required Waste Management Licence fees and the planning approval fee.

The DoE staff inspecting the site said significant amounts of domestic and food waste on the site had attracted vermin.

They said that the site, less than 100 yards from a large residential development, was of potential harm to human health in the area as it had no appropriate containment measures in place at the time of the site visits.