£20,000 fine for burning waste

[treebloke]

Is this is ridiculously over the top?

 

 

£20,000 court bill after Elsenham tree surgeon admits burning waste

 

AN Elsenham tree surgeon and his business have been ordered to pay almost £20,000 for burning wood chippings and green waste unlawfully on rented land.

Today (Tuesday, January 14), 39-year-old Max Barton, of Elsenham Nursery, Stansted Road, and FR Barton & Son Ltd, of The Street, Little Dunmow, pleaded guilty to contravening environment regulations at Home Farm, Gaunts End, between July 6 and November 30, 2011.

[log dog]

i cant imagine they have not been warned ! ouch twenty grand !

[Robert_S]

outrageous

 

But you can steal everything a working man owns, rape a granny, stab some one whilst on smack. £100 fine and you get 20 hours community service in an old folks home !!!!

 

country is in a mental state.

[Pinkfoot]

Should have waited for November ..

[aspenarb]

Burning green waste that close to a major airport for 5 months, cant for one minute see what the fuss is about.

 

Bob

[Ian C]

outrageous

 

But you can steal everything a working man owns, rape a granny, stab some one whilst on smack. £100 fine and you get 20 hours community service in an old folks home !!!!

 

country is in a mental state.

 

Yup. Disgraceful.

[Bren.]

Sounds like he was given plenty of chances and advice.

A common mix of arrogant and stupid from whats in the article.

[Shane]

Another case of two sides to every story, though that would ruin things for the sensationalist reporters.

[Warners]

Burning green waste that close to a major airport for 5 months, cant for one minute see what the fuss is about.

 

Bob

 

Good comment. Looks like he was warned plenty of times... Oh well.. 20k fine should focus his mind.....

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Link...

 

£20,000 court bill after Elsenham tree surgeon admits burning waste | Bishops Stortford Herts & Essex Observer

 

I wonder if it was another member of the family that ran the scrap business?