Carmarthenshire County Council handed out a total of £4,350 in fixed penalty notices (FPN’s) related to fly-tipping in August.

17 FPN’s were issued as a result of CCTV footage at a recycling facility in the county, resulting in a total of £2,675 in fines being given.

Fixed penalty notices issued at other locations in the county included:

• a £125 FPN issued to a female for depositing a black refuse bag at Red Roses recycling facility.

• a £300 FPN issued to a resident who failed in his duty of care when he had his household waste removed by a person not registered as a waste carrier.

• a £400 FPN issued to a resident for fly tipping after CCTV footage provided by a member of the public led to his identification. The male was seen driving along where he was seen throwing a blue recycling bag from his moving vehicle into a lane.

• a £300 FPN issued to a resident who failed in their duty of care after their waste was found in an overgrown verge/hedgerow in the rear lane of their street. The resident claimed to have paid a male to dispose of their waste but failed to provide their details.

• a £300 FPN issued to a business for failing to produce waste transfer notes after waste produced by the business was found illegally deposited. The business was issued a notice requiring them to produce waste transfer notes within seven days which they failed to do. The business was also issued a legal notice to ensure any waste from the business is disposed of correctly in the future.

Cllr Aled Vaughan Owen, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Decarbonisation and Sustainability said: “The introduction of CCTV at a recycling facility has enabled us to clamp down on the unlawful dumping of waste at this site.

“I hope this serves as a reminder that all waste deposited at our recycling facilities must be placed in the correct container, with all bags and boxed removed from the site.”

“The Council’s CCTV strategy will be extended to other recycling facilities in the county in the coming months to help combat instances of fly tipping in these areas.”

“I would urge anyone who needs to dispose of waste to do so responsibly.

“When paying for rubbish to be disposed of, please use a licensed business and ensure that you are given a valid waste transfer note when waste is collected.”

For more information on disposing of waste please visit Carmarthenshire.gov.wales/recycling