Failure to check waste carrier costs Aylesbury builder thousands

Ventzislave Metodiev Sotirov, a 42-year-old Aylesbury builder trading as London Construction Service Limited, attended High Wycombe Magistrates on 17 April 2019 and pleaded guilty to an offence of failing in his and his company’s duty of care after waste was found illegally dumped.   

In court Mr Sotirov admitted that he had employed the services of an opportunist who had offered to remove and dispose of waste that he had generated at a site he was working at in London. He admitted that he had been negligent and did not check if the individual was registered as a waste carrier with the Environment Agency or complete any paperwork. He had thus failed in his legal duty of care in relation to the transfer of the waste. 

The Magistrates fined Mr Sotirov £1,000 and ordered him to pay costs incurred by Buckinghamshire County Council of £425.40. A victim surcharge of £100 was also levied. Mr Sotirov's company London Construction Service Limited was also fined £2,500 and ordered to pay £425.40 towards costs. The total to pay was £4,450.80.