Hundreds of pounds in fines have been given to Swindon fly-tippers as part of a council crackdown on the crime.
Wiltshire Council found the person responsible for one mess dumped north of Cricklade who, when interviewed under caution by environmental enforcement officers, admitted to the offence and received a £400 fine.
Separately, the local authority issued a household duty of care fixed penalty notice to another Swindon householder for failing to check the licence details of a person they paid to take waste away, failing to obtain a waste transfer note receipt, and failing to record any details of the vehicle used by the fly-tipper or the people who took the rubbish away.
This waste was later found fly-tipped on a byway in Aldbourne, near Wroughton. An unlicensed waste carrier received a fine of £300 (which will be reduced to £180 if paid within 10 days) as part of the investigation into the Aldbourne fly-tipping.
The two people who received the fines cannot be named because a fixed penalty notice is not a conviction in an open court.
Coun Caroline Thomas, is Wiltshire Council's Cabinet member for transport and street scene.
She said: "Fly tipping is a criminal offence, and we are taking a zero-tolerance approach to it by either issuing a fixed penalty notices or prosecuting anyone who commits environmental offences in Wiltshire.
"The person who fly-tipped in Cricklade could have easily taken their waste to the local household recycling centre or used their own household waste bins, which are collected fortnightly. This was an act of stupidity and there is no excuse.
"Householders also have a duty of care to prevent their waste being handed to unlicensed waste collectors and face £400 fines if their waste is found dumped, as was the case in the second fixed penalty notice we issued.
"As we have set out in our business plan, we will take action against fly-tippers and we will prosecute. Our message is clear: We're targeting fly-tippers, and our dedicated enforcement officers will take action against the perpetrators of environmental crimes."
People can report waste collectors that they suspect of being unlicensed online.
If the information they report leads to the successful prosecution of an offender or the payment of a fine, they could earn a reward of up to £200 in high street vouchers.
To find out more and report offenders, visit www.wiltshire.gov.uk/fly-tipping
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