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151 fly-tipping fines = € 21.00017/9/2018 The fight against fly-tipping and litter remains a priority in the city of Lummen. In 5 months' time they were able to identify and fine over 120 perpetrators by using five mobile cameras. To be precise: 151 fines were written for a total amount of € 21.000.
Read the full article (in Dutch): Het Belang van Limburg
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Electronic surveillance is effective10/9/2018 In Antwerp and Ghent, two major Belgian cities, almost all political parties are in favour of installing cameras to fight-off fly-tipping according to an inquiry by newspaper ‘De Morgen’.
Are cameras the solution? Waste company OVAM has been experimenting with such cameras for two years now. The first evaluation shows that installing electronic surveillance indeed is effective. “The chances of catching perpetrators increase, while the presence of such cameras also has a discouraging effect,” explains Jan Verheyen (OVAM). Read the full article (in Dutch): De Morgen
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The mobile cameras in the city of Lummen prove their value once again. “In the course of three months, 100 fly-tippers have been caught red-handed” says council member Wim Vangeel. “Analyses show that less than half of all perpetrators live in Lummen and that 45% of them are between 40 and 50 years old. Four out of five perpetrators are men."
"Most of the time, perpetrators choose quiet roads to dump their trash. Very often, trash gets tossed out of the car window. If someone would toss out litter four times, in let’s say a distance of 100m, they will get fined four times as well.” Read the full article (in Dutch): Het Nieuwsblad
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The mobile cameras in Lummen have proven their value once again. One fly-tipper got caught four times within 24 hours while dumping cans and bottles. He can expect a severe fine and has to pay for the clear-up costs as well.
Read the full article (in Dutch): Het Belang van Limburg
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Zaventem installs 4 mobile cameras23/4/2018 “The reason we decided to install mobile cameras is because we’ve had enough of people dumping their waste anywhere. We’ve also had enough of vandalism occurring here and there, but especially fly-tipping is a recurring problem.”
Read the full article and watch the video (in Dutch) here: RINGtv
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11 fly-tippers caught in one street26/1/2018 A mobile camera is an important tool for police forces to catch fly-tippers. Thanks to using our mobile camera, 11 fly-tippers got caught in one particular street in Lummen (Belgium).
Read the full article (in Dutch) here: Het Laatste Nieuws |