Demolition firm dumped waste

A Christchurch company faces up to $1.2million in fines after pleading guilty to multiple charges related to dumping waste.

Pollard Contracting and Oakleigh Innovation, and their respective directors, were all charged with illegally disposing of demolition waste at a property in Leeston, south of Christchurch.

Company director Charles Nimmo today pleaded guilty in the Christchurch District Court on behalf ofOakleigh Innovation to three charges relating to breaching a district plan rule, discharging contaminants into the air and discharging from an industry trade on the land.

He entered no plea on a fourth charge related to disposal of demolition waste on a farm property. The company will appear for sentencing on May 28.

Companies dumping waste illegally can be fined up to $600,000 on each charge. Individuals can face up to two years in prison or fines of up to $300,000.

The same four charges were also laid against Nimmo personally, but in court he entered no pleas.

Judge Brian Dwyer adjourned the case against Nimmo until May 28 for him to either plead or have the charges against him withdrawn.

Meanwhile, Craig Pollard and Helen Thomas, of Pollard Contracting, have not pleaded. They will appear in the Christchurch District Court on May 28.

- Fairfax NZ News

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