BRIGG LITTER DROPPERS FACE PAYING THE PENALTY - £150 ON THE SPOT!

As many community-minded volunteers in Brigg continue to group together and pick up litter discarded across the town, North Lincolnshire Council has stressed its commitment to trace culprits across its area and hit them in the pocket with financial penalties.
The unitary authority issued a statement this week in which is reveals that throughout North Lincolnshire since November 2020 more than 600 fixed penalty notices have been handed out for littering and dog fouling - an average of 30 every week.
"Our team of litter wardens, along with our partners LA Support, have been patrolling the region handing out on-the-spot fines as part of North Lincolnshire Council’s crackdown on environmental crime," the council says.
"The fine amount is £150 - reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days.
"Householders who allow their waste to be dumped face a £400 fine for breaching their household waste duty of care."
The North Lincolnshire authority says it spends more than £1 million a year "cleaning up other people’s litter" - including emptying more than 1,800 bins a week and cleaning up around 31,500 miles of roadside verges and footpaths - "enough to stretch around the Earth one and a quarter times."
The council points out that local people can sign up to take part in the forthcoming Great British Spring Clean - a nationwide litter pick organised by Keep Britain Tidy.
Brigg Town Council is co-ordinating the one to be held in our town on Saturday, May 29. Local people with a few hours to spare are being asked to meet up at 9am at the Bandstand in the Market Place. Litter-picking equipment will be made available.
Tackling litter proved to be a main talking point at the Brigg Town Annual Meeting, held recently.