A Powys resident has been fined for fly tipping at a county recycling centre.

The individual was issued with a £400 Fixed Penalty Notice after being caught dumping cardboard boxes on the ground at their local community recycling site.

The resident was caught after concerns were raised by local councillors about residents abusing the recycling centre at Llangynidr’s village hall car park, near Crickhowell.

This led to the council’s Waste Awareness and Enforcement Team to set up a temporary CCTV camera. The culprit was then caught on camera leaving cardboard on the ground and traced by their car number plate. They were then slapped with the hefty fine.

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“Some people are under the illusion that if the recycling banks are full, they can just leave their items on the ground,” said Councillor Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys. “This is totally inappropriate, it is illegal and constitutes as fly-tipping, as this local resident has found out to their cost.

“We always appreciate it when people wish to recycle their waste, but if the recycling banks are full, please take it home and return another day rather than leave stuff on the ground.

“Not only does it create an eye-sore, but the dumped materials also often get blown around in the wind and ends up being an environmental hazard for the whole area.

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"Plus, it creates an awful lot of work, for our already stretched workforce, needlessly picking up other people’s rubbish because they can’t be bothers to recycle it responsibly.”

The Council says its Waste Awareness and Enforcement Team is working with Fly-tipping Action to set up motion sensitive, infra-red cameras in fly-tipping hotspots across the county to act as a “good deterrent to would-be-law breakers, but also help catch the irresponsible individuals who abuse community recycling facilities.”

Members of the public are urged to report any incidences of fly-tipping online: https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/4073/Report-fly-tipping