A number of Carmarthenshire residents, as well as a business, have been fined for various litter offences.

Carmarthenshire county Council has taken stern action against environmental offences including fly-tipping, littering and dog fouling throughout the county.

The council issued fixed penalty notices totalling £2,975 in March.

Seven residents were penalised £125 each for litter offences.

These included a St Clears resident caught depositing a cardboard box on the ground at St Clears recycling facility, along with a Pembrey resident who was found depositing a black refuse bag of waste at Burry Port recycling facility.

Carmarthen’s Morrisons recycling facility was also targeted by two more offenders who deposited a cardboard box on the ground.

A Llandrindod Wells resident was caught depositing a cigarette end on the ground in Carmarthen's Pensarn retail park.

Further, a resident of Gorseinon was fined for discarding a chocolate bar wrapper out of his vehicle window in the Tesco Superstore Carpark, Trostre, Llanelli.

In another instance, a resident of Burry Port had to pay a FPN for depositing a carrier bag of waste at Burry Port recycling facilities.

A Llanelli resident was found guilty of fly-tipping several blue recycling bags and a black refuse bag in the Old Castle Pond area of Park View Terrace, Llanelli and issued a £400 FPN.

Two residents, one from Llanelli and the other from Parc Y Garreg, Mynyddygarreg were slapped with £300 FPNs each for not carrying out reasonable licence checks when allowing a third party to take away their household waste.

Two £200 FPNs were also issued for dog fouling offences.

The residents, one from Bronwydd Road, Carmarthen and the other from Pontyberem found themselves facing penalties for failing to clean up after their pets.

Household waste receptable notice violations led to eight £100 FPNs being issued in March under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Misuse of recycling bags, exceeding allowable garbage limits, and incorrect waste disposal were among the reasons cited for these penalties for Llanelli and Bancffosfelin residents.

Notice violations dealing with waste collection schemes by residents and businesses also underwent scrutiny.

The council issued 58 notices to offending residents and two notices to erring businesses under section 47 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Ainsley Williams, director of place and infrastructure, said: "The number of fixed penalty notices issued during March shows the continued commitment of Carmarthenshire County Council’s Environment Enforcement Team."

On the room for improvement, Mr Williams added: "I would urge anyone who needs to use a waste collection service to check the list of registered waste carriers on the Natural Resources Wales website."

The council encourages residents to report litter, fly-tipping or dog fouling issues on the Council’s website.