AMESBURY and Salisbury residents each received £1,000 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for fly-tipping.
The moves come as Wiltshire Council’s enforcement efforts on fly-tipping continued in recent weeks.
An Amesbury resident has been issued with a £1,000 FPN after fly-tipped waste found at the Beehive Park and Ride site was traced back to his address.
Several large bags of household waste were found at the site between Amesbury and Salisbury, with council Environmental Enforcement Officers finding takeaway packaging and other receipts addressed to a person and linked to an address in Amesbury.
When spoken to, the addressee advised officers he had recently moved out of the address following a disagreement with another person living there.
Further investigation placed the second person at the Beehive site at the time of the fly-tipping incident, and he was issued with a £1,000 FPN.
Elsewhere, a Salisbury resident was issued with a FPN after evidence was found linking her to fly-tipped waste found at an isolated location at Burcombe Lane, Wilton.
When interviewed by officers, she said she had been on her way to a household recycling centre when the bags of waste had fallen over in her car.
After stopping in Burcombe Lane to rearrange the bags, she took them out and claimed to have forgotten to put them all back in the car.
She was issued with a £1,000 FPN for fly-tipping.
As FPNs are not a conviction in court, the residents involved cannot be named.
Cllr Nick Holder, cabinet member for highways, Street Scene and flooding, said: “We are determined to keep working to stamp out fly-tipping in Wiltshire and maintain our beautiful scenic landscapes. Our message is clear, We’re Targeting fly-tippers and if you dump your waste illegally, you will be caught and prosecuted.
“Anyone caught fly-tipping can be ordered to pay a £1,000 fixed penalty notice or be taken to court, where they could face an unlimited fine or imprisonment.
“If anyone spots a fly-tip in the county, or someone disposing of their waste illegally, I’d urge them to report it to us using MyWilts. Our officers will investigate and take action and they could receive a reward of up to £200 in gift vouchers if the information they provide leads to a prosecution, or a fixed penalty being paid.”
Prosecute, name and shame them as even more of a deterrent!
Legislation should be amended so that these anti-social residents can be named. That would have even more impact than a fine.