286 fined for littering Oxford (From The Oxford Times)

286 fined for littering Oxford

8:01pm Sunday 21st March 2010 in

• Skip social links
• Print
• Email
• Comments(0)

FINES have been handed out to 286 Oxford people since a crackdown on rubbish in the city began.

Oxford City Council launched the Cleaner, Greener Oxford campaign at the start of November last year and is now spring cleaning the city.

It also clamping down on flytipping, abandoned cars and dog walkers who do not pick up their dog dirt.

John Tanner, the council’s executive member for a cleaner, greener city, said 286 people had been fined £80 – or £55 if paid within ten days – for environmental offences since the campaign began.

The council has recently rolled out its campaign to Blackbird Leys and has issued 20 legal notices on the estate, which force landlords to clear rubbish from their gardens and residents to put waste in the correct bins and containers.

Mr Tanner added: “I’d like to say thank you to all those people who have been putting their litter in rubbish bins in the city centre.

"We want people to stop dropping litter and make the city centre a no-go area for litter, chewing gum and cigarette butts. The fixed penalty notices show we mean business.”