{"id":29244,"date":"2025-07-28T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/29244\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:04:09","slug":"fly-tipping-couple-caught-on-cctv-dumping-piles-of-rubbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/29244\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly-tipping couple caught on CCTV dumping piles of rubbish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video shows the moment a couple was caught flytipping piles of cardboard and rotten food waste on a country road &#8211; before being fined \u00a33,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CCTV cameras set up on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, captured the couple fly-tipping on two separate occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The couple arrived on a white van and dumped piles of cardboard, plastic and rotten food &#8211; all of which came from a commercial business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4efba19b-2ec9-4ee7-8b5e-9185442f5be0.jpg\"   alt=\"Video grab of a couple flytipping  on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. Video shows the moment a couple was caught flytipping piles of cardboard and rotten food waste on a country road - before being fined \u00a33,000. CCTV cameras set up on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, captured the couple fly-tipping on two separate occasions.The couple arrived on a white van and dumped piles of cardboard, plastic and rotten food - all of which came from a commercial business. Officers were able to trace the couple after their vehicle and registration was also captured in the footage. &#13;&#10;\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Video grab of a couple flytipping  on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. Video shows the moment a couple was caught flytipping piles of cardboard and rotten food waste on a country road &#8211; before being fined \u00a33,000. CCTV cameras set up on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, captured the couple fly-tipping on two separate occasions.The couple arrived on a white van and dumped piles of cardboard, plastic and rotten food &#8211; all of which came from a commercial business. Officers were able to trace the couple after their vehicle and registration was also captured in the footage. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Officers were able to trace the couple after their vehicle and registration was also captured in the footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When interviewed, they claimed to be unaware that it was illegal to dump their waste in this way.<\/p>\n<p>The couple from Swindon was then issued with fixed penalty notices (FPNs) totalling \u00a33,000.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/55b82a5a-8262-4b71-9c19-981736102757.jpg\"   alt=\"Video grab of a couple flytipping  on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. Video shows the moment a couple was caught flytipping piles of cardboard and rotten food waste on a country road - before being fined \u00a33,000. CCTV cameras set up on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, captured the couple fly-tipping on two separate occasions.The couple arrived on a white van and dumped piles of cardboard, plastic and rotten food - all of which came from a commercial business. Officers were able to trace the couple after their vehicle and registration was also captured in the footage. &#13;&#10;\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Video grab of a couple flytipping  on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. Video shows the moment a couple was caught flytipping piles of cardboard and rotten food waste on a country road &#8211; before being fined \u00a33,000. CCTV cameras set up on a rural road near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, captured the couple fly-tipping on two separate occasions.The couple arrived on a white van and dumped piles of cardboard, plastic and rotten food &#8211; all of which came from a commercial business. Officers were able to trace the couple after their vehicle and registration was also captured in the footage. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Martin Smith, Cabinet Member for Highways, Street Scene and Flooding, said: &#8220;Fly-tipping is not only unsightly, it is also illegal and we are committed to tackling those who choose to dump their waste in this way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone caught fly-tipping can be ordered to pay a \u00a31,000 fixed penalty notice or be taken to court, where they could face an unlimited fine or imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As part of our We&#8217;re Targeting Fly-tippers campaign in Wiltshire, we not only fine or prosecute offenders but also to educate people in the correct way to dispose of their waste.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this case, the business owners should dispose of their waste through registered waste carriers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video shows the moment a couple was caught flytipping piles of cardboard and rotten food waste on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,18102,50,90,56,225,54,55],"class_list":["post-29244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-latest-videos","tag-news","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-uk-news","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}