Dungannon Business owner sentenced for waste offences
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A Dungannon business owner was fined a total of £900 at Dungannon Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to three counts of unauthorised disposal of controlled waste on lands at Corr Road, Dungannon.
Brian Quinn ( 47) of Corr Road, Dungannon also had a £15 offender levy imposed.
The court heard that on 15 March 2023 Northern Ireland Environment Agency officers inspected a site on the Corr Road, Dungannon controlled by Mr Quinn which was connected to a shredding business by the name of Confidential Shredding (CO) NI.
Officers observed hundreds of wooden pallets, large amounts of paper pre and post shredded, cages of plastic wrapping, piles of baled cardboard and large amounts of empty egg boxes.
Officers also observed machinery connected with the shredding and baling of paper and cardboard in sheds onsite. Although the business did have a registered carriers of waste licence it did not hold the necessary Waste Management Licence for the depositing, keeping and treating of waste materials.
Notes to editors:
- Mr Brian Quinn pleaded guilty on 11 March 2024 to 3 charges under the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. He was charged under the following Articles of the Waste and Contaminated Land Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
- Article 4 (1) (a) related to the unauthorised disposal of controlled waste on lands at Corr Road Dungannon.
- Article 4 (1) (b) related to the unauthorised keeping of controlled waste on lands at Corr Road, Dungannon.
- Article 4 (1) (c) related to the unauthorised disposal of controlled waste on lands at Corr Road Dungannon.
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