FIRMS would pay a quarry owner in Paignton hundreds of pounds to tip

FIRMS would pay a quarry owner in Paignton hundreds of pounds to tip construction waste at the site, a trial has been told.
Alexander Sim, 56, who ran Alex Sim Plant Hire, had lorries arriving several times a day to use the Yalberton Tor Quarry.
Many of them would bring waste from major construction projects in the Bay.


Sim denies 10 counts of illegally using the quarry as a waste tip.
He claims the deliveries were used to build an access ramp for the quarry. Illegal waste was not accepted, he said.
The third day of the trial heard more prosecution evidence, some of it about the nature of construction waste and whether it could be legally dumped.
The trial has already heard metal, wood, tyres and other illegal materials were found by Environment Agency investigators.
The jury was told haulage firms would bring lorry-loads of waste to the quarry, have it weighed and tipped over the edge.
The Environment Agency claims some of this waste was not suitable to be dumped at the site.
Invoices produced in court showed Sim charged about £5 a tonne for the tipping.
One witness, Kenneth Wade, of Bay Skips, said his firm dumped clean soil at the site for at least five years from 2000.
He said inappropriate waste, such as plastic and metal, was not taken to the quarry. Bay Skips, he said, would take up to 60 loads a month, each weighing six tonnes.
Cross examined by Adam Vaitilungham QC, he said the dump was 'professionally run' and had strict rules about what type of waste was tipped.
"Mr Sim made it known to staff that contaminated waste was totally unacceptable," he said.
Sim denies 10 counts of operating an illegal installation except under a permit and failing to complete signed waste transfer notes.
The trial continues.
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