Mayor to offer people a year's free council tax in dog fouling crackdown

Dog mess crackdown: Liverpool's mayor said members of the public should be rewarded for reporting irresponsible dog owners
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Patrick Grafton-Green18 February 2017

People who help catch dog owners who do not pick up after their pets could get a year’s free council tax, a city mayor has said.

Liverpool’s mayor Joe Anderson has mooted the idea in a drive to crack down on environmental crimes and illegal dumping.

He has asked his council officers to look at giving residents a free year without council tax if they film or take photos that help identify fly-tippers, litterbugs or irresponsible dog owners.

The mayor said: "Can we reward those residents that let us know who is flytipping, whose dogs are fouling our streets and or are not recycling properly?

“Should we look at making it compulsory to recycle?

"We need to look seriously at these measures and more to encourage and reward civic pride.

"I have asked officers to come up with a series of enforcement measures that we can use to drive the required change in behaviour in those residents that fail to responsibly manage their waste and for the Cabinet member to bring a report setting out in detail the steps we will take to tackle poor waste management and other environmental crime."

Mayor Anderson has asked for a report looking at how the new measures can be implemented to be prepared in a month.

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