The incident was said to have been witnessed by a member of public, who captured the fly-tipping on their vehicle dashcam and noted down the registration number of the vehicle involved, before informing Wiltshire Council.
Wiltshire council said the man involved has apologised for his actions and immediately paid the fine.
WTF campaign
The witness is entitled to claim a reward through the council’s We’re Targeting Fly-tippers (WTF) campaign, which financially rewards residents that provide information which leads to the payment of an FPN or a successful prosecution in court.
Following a separate fly-tip in Melksham, a business from the Bournemouth area was issued with FPNs totalling £700, after it was captured on CCTV depositing several bags of construction waste and building foam in another business’s recycling bins without permission.
The business which owned the bins was forced to pay for its bins to be cleared of the contaminated waste. The owners informed the council, which led to the FPNs being issued, meaning it is also entitled to claim a reward through the council’s WTF campaign.
Cllr Nick Holder, cabinet member for highways and street scene, said: “We’re committed to tackling fly-tipping here in Wiltshire, but we also need help from the public to catch offenders. I would like to thank the people who reported these incidents to us as they helped us to trace the offenders, and they are eligible for a reward as a result.
“As set out in our business plan, we have a clear commitment to tackling fly-tipping in Wiltshire. Thanks to our investment in extra officers and equipment such as cameras, we have already reduced fly-tipping in the county from 7.4 incidents per thousand residents to 5.1 incidents, and we are focused on continuing this trend.”
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