VIDEO: Seized vans sent to the crusher by council

PC Beverley Frisby and Nicola Dagnall, case management officer for the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Safer Neighbourhood Service with the two vans. 184412-2

The vehicles were confiscated by Barnsley Council’s enforcement team and the police — one in August and the other in September.

Both drivers were unable to produce documents to prove that the vehicles belonged to them.

The council, which said the vans were involved environmental-related offences, has begun sending cars and vans used by fly-tippers or unlicensed waste carriers to the crusher at Wallis Metals near Goldthorpe on Monday.

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Cllr Jenny Platts, cabinet spokesperson for communities, said: “We’re taking a tough stance on illegal waste carriers in our borough. If you choose to carry rubbish illegally and spoil the environment, then you risk losing your vehicle permanently.”

“As part of our #EverybodyThink campaign we will continue to work with the police and the public to tackle environmental crime. Help us to protect our beautiful borough by making sure you only give your rubbish to someone with a valid waste carriers’ licence. If that person has no authority to carry waste, you can be held responsible and face court action.”