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Loughborough residents urged to check waste carriers licences

Posted on 09/01/2010
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Householders in Charnwood are being urged to check the credentials of individuals who call at their door offering to take away their rubbish.

The warning has come after two people were prosecuted after they failed to check so-called waste carriers had proper licences.

Joseph Storer, 26, of St Winefride Road, Shepshed fell foul of the law after he failed to check that a man who removed his waste which included a dog bed, garden items, soil and black bin bags was properly authorised. Loughborough Magistrates