The local authority will look to toughen laws when they meet on 16th September.
North Yorkshire Council are taking a more robust view on fly-tipping and could introduce stiffer penalties for people who dump their waste.
Councillor Richard Foster has strong feelings on the subject:
There's nothing makes me angry that when you drive past and somebody's left a fridge at the side of the road and you're thinking, we do have household recycling centres. They are still there. They are still operational, they are still accepting things from households.
"I just don't really understand why people do it to a certain extent. I think where it's been commercially done, if we catch them and we're gonna get better at catching them, I think that's one of the things that I want to see done, that we get better at catching the people who are commercially fly tipping.
"They're going around somebody's house picking, they talk without transfer notices. We need to get on top of this and we really need to make sure that those people do, take the fines, take the jail time. There's possibilities around that. And will prosecute beyond a fixed penalty notice if we think we it's worthwhile doing so."
The council could introduce stiffer penalties for people who dump their waste when they meet to discuss the issue on September 16th, one councillor has even called for jail time for commercial offenders.
Karl Battersby is the authority's Corporate Director for business and the environment.
He says it's a national problem:
"The fixed penalty notice policy, we're looking to bring that forward to executive on the 16th of September. That will harmonise the approach because again, we've inherited a range of different approaches, different fines and arrangements. And the intention really is to take a very robust stance to where possible to seek maximum fines, permittable under the guidance on legislation, but also not shy away from prosecution.
"And effectively naming and shaming people that are carrying out this activities and spoiling spoiling the environment. We are looking to put some additional resource and to the teams as well to take that forward. And I think as the Councillor has said, really it's the start of a new and more robust approach going forward."
The Council will discuss tougher penalties at a meeting later this month.
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