Woman fined after her rubbish was found dumped next to litter bin

AN Ashton woman has been ordered to pay £495 after a bag of her household waste was found dumped next to a litter bin on her street.

Tameside Magistrates’ Court heard on 29 August 2025 that a Tameside Council street cleaner investigated and reported the waste left next to a litter bin on Nook Lane, Ashton.

The waste, found on 15 February 2025,  was traced to Jolene Bamber, of Nook Lane, and who was offered the opportunity to pay a Fixed Penalty Notice, but she ignored all correspondence from the council.

Ms Bamber entered a guilty plea to failing in her duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. She told the court that although she had not flytipped the waste herself, the waste had come from her property and she had not taken sufficient steps to ensure that her household waste was given to an authorised person for disposal.

The court imposed a fine of £40 and ordered her to pay £455 in costs for the clean-up and prosecution.

Tameside Council Executive Member for Environmental Services and Neighbourhoods Cllr Laura Boyle said: “Just because waste is left next to a litter bin doesn’t make it acceptable - it is still dumping waste irresponsibly in the street, blighting the neighbourhood and incurring clean up costs on the local community.

“Flytipping is quite rightly of great concern to local residents, the vast majority of whom take pride in their local areas and dispose of their waste responsibly. We will always take action when we find evidence of who is responsiblefor illegally dumped waste.”