A man has been fined after he dumped a load of blue bags at one of the council’s recycling sites.
Council environmental enforcement officers received a complaint of waste being dumped on the ground next to the recycling banks in Llanybydder car park.
The site has recycling banks for glass, cans, paper, textiles and shoes, small electrical and books, CDs and DVDs. There is no facility for recycling blue bags at the site.
Officers managed to trace the man responsible for dumping the bags and he was issued with a fixed penalty notice for £75.
If he doesn’t pay he could be prosecuted in court and fined up to £2,500.
People are being reminded that blue bags should be put out for collection at the kerbside or taken to a main household waste centre.
Glass bottles and other recyclable waste must be placed into the banks and not left on the ground. If they are full please report it to the council.
Executive Board Member for Environmental and Public Protection Cllr Jim Jones said: “We are very disappointed that a number of our recycling sites are being misused in this way as they are important facilities for communities.
“Many of our sites are monitored using CCTV and our officers also carry out regular patrols. Hopefully this fine will act as a warning that anyone caught fly-tipping will be fined.”
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