Claudia Webbe

FOUR fines for fly-tipping were handed out last month in what has been described as a “crackdown on environmental crime”.

The first £400 penalty was issued after cans of cooking oil were dumped in St Albans Place, Angel. After being alerted by a local business, angel.london Business Improvement District contacted the council, which used CCTV to help identify the owner of a van used in the dumping.

Two £400 penalties were meted out in relation to builders’ waste being left in Berry Street, Clerkenwell. This came after an investigation by council officers. And a fourth fine was issued after waste from a building refurbishment was fly-tipped near Chapel Market. The fines are reduced to £200 if paid within 10 days.

Environment chief Claudia Webbe described fly-tipping as “selfish, unsightly and dangerous”.