Three people have been ordered to pay more than £2,900 in fines and costs following fly-tipping incidents.
The offences took place in County Durham and involved construction waste dumped on an allotment and household rubbish left in a back alley.
In the first case, waste was found at Hambleton Way Allotments in Chilton and reported to Durham County Council in November 2025.
The rubbish included construction materials, tiles, and a wheelbarrow.
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Neighbourhood wardens traced the fly-tip to Thomas Tyers, 36, of Pennine Way in Chilton.
He was issued a warning and was given extra time to clear the site but failed to do so.
Mr Tyers was then served with a Community Protection Notice but continued to ignore council instructions.
At Peterlee Magistrates’ Court, he admitted the offence and was fined £100, ordered to pay a £40 victim surcharge, and £2,130 in costs - a total of £2,270.
He claimed poor weather has left him struggling to remove the waste.
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Mr Tyers is due to pay the costs in monthly instalments of £100 and has 28 days to set this up.
In a separate case in Bishop Auckland, two women were ordered to pay a total of £704 after rubbish was found dumped outside their home.
A council warden discovered the waste in an alley between Surtees Street and Princes Street, left next to a wheelie bin.
Evidence at the scene linked the rubbish to Jennifer Jordan Moore, 33, and Lilly Hogg, 23, both of Surtees Street.
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Both women ignored a letter from the council asking them to make contact and also failed to attend a requested interview.
They did not appear in court, and the case was proved in their absence.
They were jointly fined £220 in total and were ordered to pay a £88 victim surcharge and £396 in costs.
Ian Hoult, neighbourhood protection manager at Durham County Council, said: "There is no excuse for dumping waste and Tyer’s case shows just how seriously we take this type of behaviour.
"It is a major blight on our landscape and cleaning up construction waste like this can lead to a huge cost for the taxpayer."
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He added: "If you're asking someone to get rid of your waste, make sure they are a legitimate business, ask where they are taking it to, and make sure to get a receipt.
"In Moore and Hogg’s case, we’d like to stress that every fly-tip that we clear comes at a cost to the public and taxpayer.
"There are so many quick and simple ways to dispose of waste correctly, including the many household waste recycling centres across the county and the bulky waste collection service we offer."