Telford shop owners fined over waste management failures

Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 28 Oct, 05:27 · Archive

The owners of a Telford convenience store have been fined more than £8,000 after admitting waste management offences.

Mr and Mrs Bhakar, owners of Finger Road Stores in Dawley, admitted three offences related to waste management at Telford Magistrates' Court. They were each fined £750 for failing to provide waste management documentation, £1,000 for failing to ensure controlled waste was transferred only to an authorised person, and £500 for a third offence, totalling more than £8,000.

The prosecution followed an investigation by Telford & Wrekin Council. In July 2023, the Council served notice on the store requiring it to ensure commercial waste was properly secured and to maintain waste contracts with scheduled collections evidenced by receipts. A second inspection in 2024 led to the couple being asked to provide documentation by 2 July 2024, which they failed to do.

The court heard that Mr and Mrs Bhakar believed they had a waste contract in place during the relevant period and thought their invoices were legitimate. However, they accepted that paying in cash was a mistake. They have since put a legitimate waste contract in place.

How it is being reported

• Telford convenience store owners fined following waste management offencesThe owners of a Telford convenience store have been fined more than £8,000 after admitting they failed to manage waste properly. At Telford Magistrates’ Court last week, Mr and Mrs Bhakar, owners of Finger Road Stores in Dawley, pleaded guilty to two offences of failing, upon request, to provide waste management documentation to the local […]Shropshire Live · 28 Oct, 05:17
• Telford shop owners ordered to pay £8,000 over commercial waste offencesThe court was told that the business had since secured a legitimate waste contractShropshire Star · 27 Oct, 17:43
• Telford shop owners fined £8,000 over commercial waste offencesThe court was told that the business had since secured a legitimate waste contractShropshire Star · 27 Oct, 16:05

In this story: Mr and Mrs Bhakar · Finger Road Stores · Dawley · Telford · Telford & Wrekin Council · Telford Magistrates' Court

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