EIGHTEEN people have been fined for various environmental crimes including dog fouling, dropping litter and abandoning a vehicle during the month of July.
Fixed penalty notices have been issued by council environmental enforcement officers for the offences.
It includes fines of £200 to four people for abandoning vehicles at the Cawdor car park in Newcastle Emlyn, College Road in Carmarthen, Bronwydd and Betws.
Two people were given fixed penalty notices of £75 for dog fouling – a woman who failed to clean up after her dog in Saron Road, Ammanford, and a man in Llandovery car park.
Three Llanelli householders were fined £100 for not putting the correct items in their blue recycling bags; and a man was fined £75 for a fly-posting offence in Grant Street, Llanelli.
Two people were also issued fixed penalty notices of £75 for leaving rubbish on the ground at recycling sites in Laugharne and Llandovery.
Finally, six people were fined £75 for various littering including a woman who threw a cigarette end out of a moving car in Glanamman and a man who dropped fast-food packaging in the Leekes car park in Cross Hands.
Executive Board Member for Environmental and Public Protection Cllr Jim Jones said: “Our enforcement officers carry out patrols across the county and also deal with complaints reported by members of the public.
“They deal with a wide range of issues from abandoned cars, fly-posting and graffiti, to people not cleaning up after their dogs and dropping litter, as well as fly-tipping, making sure businesses are complying with duty of care legislation and householders with the recycling scheme.
“Keeping the county clean and safe is a priority and we will not hesitate to take action against those that break the law.”
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