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TWO teenagers and the owner of the car they were travelling in have received formal cautions after they were caught on CCTV dumping household waste.
A surveillance operation was set up over the Christmas holidays to stamp out illegal tipping outside household waste recycling centres.
Signs were also put up warning visitors that dumping outside the gates was an offence.
On New Year's Day this year a car was seen by CCTV operators approaching the gates of the Chanters Lane tip in Atherton, which was closed.
The car then left but pulled in a short distance away and the passenger was seen dumping two black bin bags at the side of the road.
Wigan Council investigators discovered the car's occupants were only 16 and 17 years old.
Michell Woodburn, Safer Neighbourhoods Service Manager, warned that the pair could have faced court and received substantial fines for their actions.
She said: "We had a very strong case against the teenagers. However, because of their ages and circumstances we decided to offer formal cautions in this instance."
The surveillance operation, codenamed "Santa" was deemed a success with only one incident being caught on CCTV over the 2007 Christmas period.
In 2006 more than six tonnes of waste was dumped illegally outside the Chanters Lane site.
Advice on how to report fly tipping and how to avoid the pitfalls of rogue waste contractors can be found on a new fly tipping section on the Council's website.
Visit www.wigan.gov.uk/services/environment for details.
7:13pm Friday 9th May 2008
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