Do YOU live on this road? E-mail tom.lawrence@dailymail.co.uk By TOM LAWRENCE, NEWS REPORTER Published: 13:39 BST, 8 October 2025 | Updated: 13:48 BST, 8 October 2025
A man who burned his own fly-tipping just metres from a waste recycling centre on the same road has been fined nearly £2000.William Smith, 61, illegally dumped and set fire to the rubbish on Smithies Lane in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, where he also lived.The road, which is less than a mile long, is also home to a waste recycling centre.The Smithies Lane Household Recycling Centre is open from 9am until 4pm between October and March and until 5pm in the summer months. It is open every day except Christmas and New Year's Day. Smith was caught on CCTV cameras by police on December 16, 2024.A warrant was issued for his arrest and he was detained in court cells before pleading guilty to fly-tipping on September 25.He was fined £1,889.60 for the offence.Councillor Wendy Cain, cabinet spokesperson for public health and communities, said: 'I welcome the sentence and the significant fine that has been given to Mr Smith as part of our zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping in Barnsley. The recycling centre on Smithies Lane in Barnsley, just metres away from where a resident burned his own rubbish The Smithies Lane Household Recycling Centre is open from 9am until 4pm between October and March and until 5pm in the summer months'We will continue to prosecute anyone who is found to be responsible for blighting our borough and show that this behaviour and any environmental offences won't be tolerated.'I'd like to thank our wardens, the Safer Communities team and our litigation team for their help and hard work in these prosecutions.'Fly-tipping incidents in Barsnley have risen by nearly 1,500 in just two years.In the last year the local council spent nearly £500,000 clearing the waste.South Yorkshire Police did not comment as they said the council are responsible for flytipping.
