45 tickets were handed out<\/a> to offenders last month for illegally dumped waste, the city council will not set targets for new officials to dish out penalties. Cllr Laura Robertson-Collins, cabinet member for communities, neighbourhoods and streetscene, said the council was not trying to catch out people who \u201cmake an honest mistake\u201d rather those \u201cdeliberately missing up our streets.\u201d<\/p>\nAs of June this year, litterers face a \u00a3150 penalty, while those caught dog fouling will be ordered to pay \u00a3100. A tiered penalty system has been introduced for fly-tipping, which starts at \u00a3500 and can rise depending on severity.<\/p>\n
The WISE officers will support the work being done by the council\u2019s internal environmental crime enforcement team. In July, the team issued 45 FPNs for illegally disposed waste, including a \u00a31,000 penalty for a significant amount of fly-tipping from one individual.<\/p>\n
They also engaged with more than 250 business and residents about the correct way to dispose of waste. Officials will now get additional support from WISE, which already works with 31 local authorities and in such major cities as Manchester and Birmingham.<\/p>\n
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Fly tipping found outside St Dominic Church in Knotty Ash(Image: Knowsley Council)<\/p>\n
To ensure high standards and a close working partnership, WISE and the council will have regular meetings to review the service quality and mitigate any identified risks. The council has not set any FPN targets for either the internal or external teams, with the priority instead being to encourage behaviour change.<\/p>\n
Cllr Robertson-Collins said: \u201cIntroducing more environmental enforcement officers means that we can commit even more time and resources to tackling environmental crimes. Our goal is to help promote positive behaviour and show people who don\u2019t respect our city that it will not go unseen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe aren\u2019t trying to catch anyone making an honest mistake \u2013 instead, we want to take action against people who are deliberately messing up our streets. People come from far and wide to see our beautiful city. For them, and most importantly for the people who live and work here every day, we\u2019re doing everything we can to keep the city clean and tidy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A general image taken by the ECHO of fly tipping near West Derby Road (Image: Liverpool ECHO)<\/p>\n
John Dunne, managing director of WISE, added: \u201cWISE delivers a wide range of environmental investigations and enforcement services across the UK and has consistently contributed to the reduction of environmental crime and the cost of cleansing associated with it. Our core objective is to support Liverpool in achieving long-term improvements in local environmental quality by targeting problem areas using an \u2018intelligence-led\u2019 approach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis includes the use of geo-fencing technology and responding directly to feedback and complaints from residents. We will employ a firm but proportionate methodology to address environmental offences, underpinned by the use of body-worn cameras and mobile technology to verify offender details and issue fixed penalty notices efficiently and lawfully.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur officers are committed to engaging positively with local communities to promote inclusive participation in protecting and enhancing the environment across the city of Liverpool.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An external contractor has been brought on board to help crackdown on littering across LiverpoolSome of the new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,14487,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-361319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-council","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115065202328132624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Some of the new enforcement agents with Cllr Laura Robertson-Collins in Old Swan<\/p>\n