Perth and Kinross Council staff were yesterday trying out new surveillance equipment they have purchased to catch and deter fly-tippers in future.
The mobile CCTV camera can be deployed in rural locations where fly-tippers are known to dump their rubbish with footage streamed to mobile devices or laptops.Anyone caught in the act can face anything from a fixed financial penalty of £200 to a fine of up to £40,000.
Councillor Angus Forbes, convener of the local authority’s environment and infrastructure committee, visited the Lade in Perth’s Tulloch district yesterday to see the camera in operation.
He remarked: “Fly-tipping is a blight on the environment that we are determined to tackle.“It threatens wildlife and livestock and cleaning up the
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