ANYONE in Tenbury thinking of throwing down litter would do well to think again.

Malvern Hills District Council (MHDC) say it will take a tough line with litter louts and have recently imposed a fixed penalty fine of £75 on a man who dropped pizza boxes.

The boxes were discarded on February 17 and were discovered by a local resident who phoned the MHDC to report the littering.

MHDC went to the site and found the pizza boxes with a receipt from the order which detailed the address of the recipient. The council wrote to the address asking for an explanation and the culprit admitted to the offence of littering. A fixed penalty notice of £75 was then issued.

“If we have evidence of who has committed a littering offence we can do something about it, sending a strong message to others and protecting our beautiful area,” said Gordon Morris, the street scene team manager for MHDC.

“In 2014 we issued 13 fixed penalty notices for littering at £75 each, all of these were paid. So far in 2015 we have had 24 cases of littering, of these, 13 fixed penalty notices of £75 have been issued, nine of which have already paid, with 11 outstanding cases."

For more information or to report an incident of littering, fly-tipping or dog fouling contact the Worcestershire Hub on 01684 862151 or by email on worcestershirehub@malvernhills.gov.uk