Three separate businesses, in Barry town centre, have each today been issued with a £100 Fixed Penalty Notice for breaching S.47 Notices.
S.47 Notices are legal documents, issued under S.47 Environmental Protection Act 1990 and instruct businesses how, where and when to present their commercial waste for collection.
They are only issued after attempts to work with the business have failed.
Each of these businesses continued to present their bins for collection at Island Road in Barry, causing an unnecessary obstruction to the free flow of pedestrian traffic using what is an Active Travel Route.
The presence of the bins also encouraged flytipping and since January this year, we have issued over 40 Fixed Penalty Notices in relation to household waste either illegally deposited inside the commercial waste bins (which shouldn't have been there) or by being piled high between those bins.
Businesses in Island Road have also been adversely affected by the continued presence of the bins, with them regularly giving the impression of a rundown area and especially when the bins were left unlocked and overflowing.
Each of the bins belonging to S.47 Notice recipients have been seized and remain in our custody.
In addition to the £100 Fixed Penalty, each business will also be charged for the uplift and storage fees associated with each bin.
Operation Griffin is the Waste Crime Unit's strategy to tackle waste crime in the Broad Street and High Street areas of Barry.
In addition to the S.47 Notices, S.59 Notices have also been issued to four seperate businesses in the area, formally requiring them to clear flytipped waste on their private land.
So far, three of these businesses have complied and prosecution action is being taken against the fourth.
We patrol this area of Barry on a daily basis, seven days a week, and will take action to keep the area safe, clean and a welcoming place for visitors, residents and businesses alike.

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