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Environmental Enforcement

"Your waste is your responsibility."

That is the message after a Plymouth woman was forced to cough up £728 for paying a neighbour to dispose of household waste that ended up dumped over her own back fence.

Twelve more litter louts have been fined after hearings at Plymouth Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The court heard how the offenders were all given fixed penalty notices by the Council’s environmental enforcement officers, who witnessed them dropping litter on the city’s streets.

A woman who threw litter from her vehicle has been ordered to pay a massive £752.

The 48 year-old from Hooe was found guilty in her absence at Plymouth Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Environmental enforcement officers are returning to the city’s streets in a bid to curb a recent increase in dog fouling.

Since social distancing measures were introduced, the Council has seen a rise in reported cases of owners failing to pick up after their pooches.

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