Carmarthenshire Council issues more than £2,500 in fly-tipping and litter fines in one month
All of the fines were issued during December for several waste offences
Litter louts in Carmarthenshire have been hit with a total of £2,550 in fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for fly-tipping, littering and other environmental offences in just a matter of weeks.
All the fines were issued last month by Carmarthenshire Council and include two £400 FPNs.
One was for a Llandybie resident for depositing seven refuse bags of household waste at Burry Port's recycling facility.
The second fine was issued to a St Clears resident for depositing two refuse bags of household waste off the A40 at St Clears.
There were also several £125 FPNs issued for litter offences, three of these took place at the recycling facility at Carmarthen's Morrisons supermarket, with residents fined for depositing bags of household waste there.
One offence of leaving a refuse back of household waste was also committed at the recycling facility at Carmarthen's Tesco Extra supermarket.
Elsewhere a Narberth resident was fined for depositing a refuse bag of household waste on the A40 at St Clears and another person was fined for dropping a cigarette butt on the ground at Heol y Bwlch, Bynea
A FPN was issued to a Burry Port resident for depositing a blue recycling bag at the town's Seaview Terrace recycling facility and a Kidwelly resident was fined for leaving a blue recycling bag filled with household waste at the Kidwelly Co-op recycling facility.
Another person was fined for dropping a takeaway drinks cup at Pensarn, Carmarthen.
A £300 FPN was also issued when a resident's household waste was found fly-tipped near Llandeilo.
A £100 FPN was issued to a Carmarthen resident for failing to comply with a Section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 waste receptacle notice.
A total of 17 FPNs were also issued to residents within the county for failing to comply with Carmarthenshire Council’s waste collection scheme.
Cllr Aled Vaughan Owen, the council's cabinet member for climate change, decarbonisation and sustainability said: “The council’s environment enforcement team continues to work effectively throughout Carmarthenshire, which is evident in the number of fixed penalty notices issued during December.
“I hope this serves as a reminder that littering, fly-tipping, breaching PSPOs and other environmental offences will not be tolerated in Carmarthenshire.”
