Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 14 December 2016.
Thank you. I thought the Member was going to invite me to join him on a litter pick, which I would be very happy to do, and I have undertaken several over the past few months. [Laughter.] But I absolutely congratulate the group. It’s been so good to see communities coming together and taking such pride. I went along to a litter pick in an area of Cardiff a couple of months ago, and it was good to see residents coming up and thanking the volunteers for making their community so much better. In reply to your question about what more we can do on fly-tipping, I think it’s really important that local authorities enforce fines in relation to fly-tipping. I recently met with Phil Bale, the leader of City of Cardiff Council, because they’ve got a particular issue about one black bin bag of rubbish being dumped, which perhaps people don’t recognise as fly-tipping, but it absolutely is—just because it’s one bag. So, we’re looking to see what fines can be imposed in relation to that also.