Council urges against fly-tipping

A steep increase in fines for fly-tipping in Scotland appears to have had little effect in Dumfries and Galloway, according to the local authority.

The introduction of a £200 fixed fine - up from £80 previously - reduced incidents of fly-tipping by just 3% last year.

Dumfries and Galloway council is launching a campaign to make people more aware, and says there is no need to dump rubbish illegally as the region has many recycling centres available.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is urging people to use its household waste recycling centres rather than driving "miles out into the countryside" to fly-tip their rubbish.

Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of rubbish onto land that isn’t supposed to be used for that purpose.

It is becoming an increasing problem in the area and the council is appealing for people to use one of its twelve centres located in the region instead.