Overview
- Ealing Council issued a fixed penalty notice for lower fly-tipping after workers found an envelope bearing Robb McGeary’s name in rubbish on the street.
- McGeary says he put the mail in his building’s unlocked communal bins, which he describes as often overflowing and picked through by people tearing open bags.
- After he appealed with photos showing dumped mattresses, furniture and scattered waste near the bins, the council rejected the appeal, raised the fine from £400 to £600 and warned of court action.
- The council says it issues penalties when staff witness an offence or investigations point to an individual, and that it writes first to ask why a person’s waste might be found fly-tipped.
- McGeary refuses to pay and plans to challenge the case in court, saying the process has been stressful and costly for his family as he is the sole earner with young twins at home.