Every business has a duty of care to ensure their waste is collected by a registered waste carrier.
Businesses who do not have correct waste collection arrangements in place risk a £300 fine.
Over the last few months, officers have been in touch with around 195 businesses to check they had proper arrangements in place.
In total, 81 fixed penalties were issued to these businesses for non-compliance.
Over 1,660 reports of fly-tipping have also been made to Newport Council in the last two months.
So far, fifty-seven of those reports have progressed to further investigation thanks to evidence obtained by their team. Thirteen people have been issued with fixed penalty notices, ranging from £100 to £400, for dumping their waste illegally, with more than half of those fined the full £400.
Four serious environmental crime cases have been sent by the team for prosecution in the magistrates’ court during the same period.
A big part of the council’s work is direct engagement with residents on waste matters, providing support and advice on how to recycle correctly.
The team has visited 278 properties through August and September to provide advice to residents to ensure they are aware of what can be recycled, what can go into the bin and how excess waste can be managed and avoided through recycling as much as possible.
Failure to manage excess waste or not presenting waste correctly can lead to the council taking further action, ranging from initial warning letters to issuing community protection notices (CPNs).
Two repeat offenders were fined £100 each during this period for breaching a CPN by continuing to present waste incorrectly.
Around 131 initial warning letters were issued during this period, with further action taken in 77 cases. A further three properties were issued with a CPN for failing to comply with previous warnings.
