Members of the public discarding ‘dog fouling bags’ in an area of Tenby’s South Beach have again been warned that it is a criminal offence to leave their waste on the beach and walkways.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of the town council, the town clerk, Andrew Davies, said that people were continuing to leave the dog waste bags on the ground rather than find a bin.

The issue was raised towards the end of last year when the town council reported that somebody seemed intent on making a point about there being a lack of public bins on that section of the popular beach.

“There are still a large amount of people walking the South Beach and carrying the bags all the way to the end, but then failing to walk a few further yards to the bins in the car park or by the zig-zag up to The Esplanade,” he explained.

Mr. Davies said that as Pembrokeshire County Council did not employ beaching cleaning staff over the winter months, it had been left to the town council’s own handyman to clean up the bags, and he had issued a plea to the culprits to be more responsible.

“Would it be prudent of us to put an official notice in that area notifying people of the law and the fact there are bins located in the car park,” commented Clr, Mrs. Tish Rossiter.

Her colleague Clr. Will Rossiter asked if a warning could also be added to any signage reminding the public that it was a criminal offence to litter on the beach, and that anyone caught could be liable to pay a maximum penalty fine of £500 issued by the county council.