West Lothian should follow other councils and hire private contractors to target persistent dog fouling and fly-tippers with hefty fines.Livingston Conservative councillor Alison Adamson suggested following neighbouring Midlothian council, which agreed in August to investigate hiring private enforcers.But there were concerns that similar teams in other parts of the UK have done little to actually reduce the problems, with the SNP suggesting the council should instead invest in more in-house enforcement officers.Clearing up fly-tipping costs West Lothian around £50,000 a quarter and takes up 80 per cent of the time of the Neighbourhood Environment Teams.The council hired more staff earlier this year to help with fly-tipping clear-ups as well
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