Hackney Council | The owner of a popular Hackney restaurant has been fined nearly £20,000 after being caught fly-tipping their waste on nine separate occasions.
According to Hackney Council, Facing Heaven, a vegan Chinese eatery off Mare Street, ignored a warning issued after the first offence was committed in January 2023.
Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of waste and a criminal offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
By disposing of their waste in this way the business not only saved thousands of pounds in disposal costs, but it also passed those costs directly onto the council, in turn costing taxpayers.
The case was heard at Thames Magistrates’ Court and the business owner was prosecuted for fly-tipping on nine separate occasions whilst failing to have proper waste disposal measures in place.
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