Overview

• Wiltshire Council issued £4,000 in fixed penalty notices this week after using overt and covert CCTV to identify residents dumping waste on rural lanes.
• A Patchway man was ordered to pay £1,996 in fines plus £773 in costs and a £181 victim surcharge under South Gloucestershire’s zero-tolerance policy, bringing his total penalty to £2,950.
• Hull City Council fined six residents £1,000 each for illegal dumping and is urging locals to use free household waste and recycling centres to avoid penalties.
• South Gloucestershire’s stance, which prosecutors say makes offenders up to five times more likely to face court, reflects councils’ use of new government powers to pursue fly-tipping cases more aggressively.
• Councils are complementing prosecutions with public reward schemes like MyWilts, offering up to £200 for information leading to enforcement, after some offenders cited closed recycling centres for their offences.