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CTV News
a day ago
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- CTV News
Northern Ont. man fined $1,001 for dumping a bag of garbage
Timmins still has a problem with people illegally dumping trash, so it's stepping up fines and enforcement. Sergio Arangio reports. 2021: Cracking down on illegal dumping in Timmins A Cochrane, Ont., man was fined $1,001 for dumping a single bag of garbage on public land. John Sullivan pleaded guilty to the offence, which is a violation under the Public Lands Act. In a news release Friday, the Ministry of Natural Resources said the incident took place Oct. 8, 2023, in Hanna Township, south of Cochrane. 'The officers discovered that garbage had been deposited on public lands at the Little Lake access point parking lot,' the release said. 'The investigation led conservation officers to Sullivan who admitted to the offence.' Justice of the Peace Estelle Bérubé heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice in Cochrane on Dec. 3, 2024. To report a natural resource problem or provide information about an unsolved case, members of the public can call the ministry TIPS line toll-free at 1-877-847-7667. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. For more information about unsolved cases, click here.
Japan Times
3 days ago
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- Japan Times
LDP policy chief visits Kawaguchi over reported problems with Kurdish residents
Itsunori Onodera, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday visited the city of Kawaguchi in Saitama Prefecture, where problems have been reported between Kurdish residents and locals. Onodera inspected places such as a garbage collection spot where illegal waste dumping has become a problem. He told reporters that the LDP would compile proposals on issues linked to foreigners and ask the government for appropriate responses. Onodera met with city officials including Mayor Nobuo Okunoki. The officials suggested there had also been cases of foreigners working illegally. "Order is the premise of societies in which people coexist," the LDP policy chief said. "We will not live with foreigners who do not maintain order or abide by rules."
CTV News
6 days ago
- CTV News
Ormstown officials sound alarm over illegal dumping
A new report identifies nearly 300 suspected illegal dumping sites in Montérégie, with 55 located in Ormstown alone. Officials in Ormstown say trucks carrying construction waste from Montreal are dumping it illegally on private land — and some landowners are being paid off. 'We're seeing the trucks coming through now more and more,' said the Mayor of Ormstown Christine McAleer. The agriculture town is one of five of the most effected municipalities in the Montérégie facing this issue. A recent report by researchers at McGill University and the University of Vermont shows nearly 300 possible illegal dumping sites in the area. 'The number was shocking to us, even though we knew there was a big problem,' said researcher Geoff Garver. Fifty-five of those spots are in Ormstown. Before and after images of a known dumpsite (Credit Leadership for the Ecozoic) Town officials are worried that possible contamination from these sites will affect the water system. 'We have to have our water well tested right now to make sure that the products are not seeping through the soil and then contaminating the wells themselves,' McAleer said, adding that it was another cost for the city. It's not clear exactly which companies are involved but Ormstown inspector Luc Pilon said the problem is growing. Satellite imagery showing a dumpsite in progress. Noticeable in the image are an excavator, deforestation, a dump truck and dump piles. (Credit Leadership for the Ecozoic) He noted that when he goes to inspect these sites, he's faced with another issue, intimidation. 'I've been pushed. I've had my phone thrown out of my hand,' recounted Pilon. And in some cases, inspectors need the help of police. Pilon said at this point he's just tired. 'It's a constant struggle,' he said. According to Ormstown officials, the province is not doing enough to help, and the town does not have the resources to deal with the issue. CTV News reached out to the Quebec Environment minister but his office was closed on Sunday.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Gulf County hosts Waste Amnesty Day
GULF COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Gulf County residents had the opportunity to dispose of special collection items on Saturday. BCC Waste Solutions hosted a Waste Amnesty Day in Gulf County on Saturday. It allows residents to safely dispose of trash and reduce illegal dumping. Trash men spent the day at the Gulf County Courthouse collecting hazardous materials. Like paint, household cleaners, batteries, automotive fluids, pesticides, and mercury are accepted. However, trash men say there are certain items that they do not accept. 'We don't take things like propane tanks cause we cost is exploding, and we don't take anything like tires and stuff because that, of course, that got to go to landfill,' Trashman Henry Bill said. 'The majority is paint, used oil, any cleaning chemicals, and stuff like that. No tires, no tires, no tires,' Trashman Cameron Cole said. BCC Waste Solutions will take the items to a landfill. They say they collected more items this year than they did last year. Gulf County will host Waste Amnesty Day again in the fall. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
10-05-2025
- BBC News
Man who dumped waste in Hertfordshire quarries agrees to payout
A former waste operator given a 17-month jail term after admitting illegally dumping tonnes of rubbish has agreed to pay back nearly £80,000 to Winters, 48, a former company director from Rugby, Warwickshire was prosecuted by the Environment Agency after waste was dumped at sites in agency said waste at one quarry, including car parts and food packaging, would have filled the Royal Albert Hall three times Agency officials subsequently also took action under proceeds of crime legislation and a judge has now approved an agreement. Liam Winters was jailed in November 2023 at a hearing in St Albans Crown and his brother Mark Winters, 50, of Bangor Erris, County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland, both pleaded guilty to breaching environment legislation by unlawfully disposing of rubbish between 2015 and 2017, after an Environment Agency Winters was given a 12-month jail sentence suspended for two Environment Agency investigated dumping at three sites in Hertfordshire:Codicote Quarry, near StevenageAnstey Quarry, near BuntingfordNuthampstead shooting ground, near RoystonLiam Winters had been a director of the Anstey Quarry Company and both brothers were directors of Codicote Quarry Ltd, an agency spokesman of crime proceedings had also been launched against Mark Winters, but a judge had yet to make any ruling, he added. 'Determined' Judge Caroline Wigin was given detail of the proceeds of crime payment agreement made between the Environment Agency and Liam Winters at a hearing in Luton Crown Court on Rebecca Vanstone, who represented the agency, told the judge that Liam Winters had agreed to pay £78, judge said Liam Winters, of High Street, Hillmorton, Rugby, could be given a further jail term if he failed to pay the money within three the hearing, Barry Russell, environment manager for the Environment Agency in Hertfordshire, said: "We are determined that waste operators who break the law don't benefit from their crimes."The payment would be "split" between the Environment Agency and HM Courts & Tribunals Service, the agency spokesman Wigin was told that Liam Winters had been a secondary school English teacher and was now working as a lorry driver. "Liam Winters presided over the illegal disposal of assorted rubbish at Codicote Quarry," said the agency spokesman after Thursday's hearing."An investigation by the Environment Agency found approximately 200,000 cubic metres (about seven million cubic feet) of household, commercial and industrial waste, as well as electrical items, car parts, furniture, food packaging, wood and metal."It could have filled the Royal Albert Hall nearly three times over."The spokesman said Winters had also "ignored" Environment Agency instructions to "stop filling" Anstey Quarry with banned waste, such as plastic, wood, metal and packaging, "broken into tiny pieces".He added: "The piles of waste at Anstey reached 20 metres into the sky, the height of five double-decker buses."The Anstey Quarry Company had an Environment Agency permit to treat and dispose of up to 10,000 cubic metres of clean soil waste a year, the spokesman estimated as much as 250,000 cubic metres of "harmful biodegradable materials" had been buried there, he added. The brothers had not owned any of the three sites but operated under leases, the spokesman was "no suggestion" that the owners of any of the three sites had played "any part" in "the criminal activity", he added. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
