{"id":680458,"date":"2026-05-19T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680458\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:20:14","slug":"pickering-issues-3k-fine-for-illegal-dumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680458\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickering issues $3K fine for illegal dumping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PICKERING-TRASH-co-CITY-OF-PICKERING.jpg\" title=\"Pickering issues $3K fine for illegal dumping\"><img width=\"634\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PICKERING-TRASH-co-CITY-OF-PICKERING.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The City of Pickering\u2019s campaign cracking down on litter and illegal dumping is working.<\/p>\n<p>The city shared of a picture on Facebook Friday of a bunch of trash dumped in a wooded area.<\/p>\n<p>They say the person responsible for the illegal dumping was fined $3,000. The city added it would have been cheaper for the person to dispose of it properly.<\/p>\n<p>City officials have laid more than 50 charges in the last year and say reports tipping them off about illegal dumping are rising. By-law officers are also patrolling for more frequently in high-complaint areas.<\/p>\n<p>If you see someone dumping trash illegally, report it. You can email customercare@pickering.ca or call 905-683-7575.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/letstalkpickering.ca\/Litter?fbclid=IwY2xjawR5LYxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFERDg4Q04xVDNoU2c0QjR3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjZ1gP2x9W0PX0pE2T7asNbtvcOd2-Dqc7j7xrTtvCco6tS5ZD1lPhskfm9x_aem_BDldPyuPbLjPL6RvLzdr6w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of City of Pickering<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mistape.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mistape-link mistape-logo\"><\/p>\n<p>If you have found a spelling error, please, notify us by selecting that text and pressing Ctrl+Enter.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamradionews.com\/archives\/javascript:history.go(-1)\" class=\"button\" onmouseover=\"self.status=document.referrer;return true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Go Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Pickering\u2019s campaign cracking down on litter and illegal dumping is working. The city shared of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-680458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}