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can be changed A law to punish people who throw litter out The Car window, highway, endangering the lives of the workers.

Welsh councils spend millions of pounds picking litter from the side of the Roads .

caught But only a few people, for The Crime , the local authorities say it is impossible to clean up the police, and dangerous.

The Welsh Government plans to change The Law to Fine vehicle to catch the owner of up to, which makes it easier offenders.

The owner would be punished, regardless of whether they threw The Litter , or even in The Car at the time.

The BBC has heard stories of cyclists waiting to throw in the transportation of garbage, too bad, if the people from windows, the to stop littering.

the councils are responsible for the cleaning of the streets, with the Welsh Government responsible for the main routes, including the M4 and a short section of the A55.

In Merthyr Tydfil alone, The Council spent more than £2. 6m clean-up of debris from road edges between March 2015 and March 2019, according to BBC Wales.

this also includes the costs for the closure of road sections, overtime, equipment for the protection of workers and lighting.

in Spite of this, not a single person in The County borough was fined for throwing litter from a vehicle.

Why not hit the people? Plastic bottles and coffee mugs are some of The Most common pieces of trash on the side of the Welsh streets

It is a crime to throw litter from a vehicle, and they could ultimately be prosecuted and a Fine of up to 2,500 Euro if you get caught.

the majority of the councils issue penalty fixed, if you believe that someone littered, ask the DVLA for a drivers details.

But if the owner does not pay, or The Authorities say who threw the garbage out of The Vehicle , the problems begin.

have seen, According to the current legislation of The Council , you would have to the throw, And Then to identify and to prove, what person was thrown into The Vehicle in front of the court.

in contrast to the police, The Council workers have no power to follow you or to stop vehicles, and some rural areas are too extensive to monitor it.

As a registered owner is required by law to determine required to, who threw The Litter , some councils are not using their powers in the First Place .

In response to a BBC Wales freedom of information request, Denbighshire Council, said that it is not in order to someone as a "pursuit of the suspect, the insurmountable evidence for the problems of security".

What are the changes? It costs £50,000 for each full litter-pick of the Monmouthshire Roads , The Council said,

want to give The Welsh Government , the councils, additional forces, so that it is Prima, the owner of The Vehicle .

in contrast to a fixed penalty - a penalty - this would be a civil order, and The Council would not have to prove what the person you threw it in the garbage.

The registered Keeper of The Vehicle is legally responsible and can be punished, even if you are not in The Vehicle at the time.

A similar system is already in operation in London .

All of the onramps in Cardiff litter picked every three months, with at least 12 bags full of trash every time it is deleted, if the

will be picked up In Cardiff, hundreds of bags worth of litter, The Council workers, the railway every year from the side slip Roads and The Car .

in the vicinity of Cardiff City Stadium worker picked up a stack of empty cans, bottles and cups in a 20-minute clean-up costing about £4,000.

Matt Wakelam, assistant director of street scene in Cardiff Council , said the costs were so high, because they had to be had to strict safety precautions and the set, to stop the special buffer-the vehicles that transport workers are on strike.

highways staff said they knew of workers in parts of Britain that had been hit, killed by cars, with a couple of.

The Council has issued 531 fines since March 2014, and was followed by a 10 prosecution for The Offence .

litter on the side of the driveway, the leak with the exchange in Cardiff, where it blocked the access road for The Council to clean the workers

catch But that said, these were very small numbers, and the people were dashcam recordings to help you the offender.

"No local authority wants to Fine them; they are a last resort. But we need to take action, because it is cancel that expensive waste," he said.

"We hope that with the new legislation and residents provision of information, we can increase the fees, and the promotion of an environment where people love where They Live . "

', When it picked up, I feel really proud of' Morgan Evans said, Merthyr Tydfil , was "lovely" in spite of the amount of litter

Morgan Evans , a member of the Gurnos to get Men's project, in Merthyr Tydfil .

The Group , which lead to in addition to the members of the Youth Group , regular litter-picks.

"It makes me so angry When I see it - if it is picked up, I feel really proud of," he says.

cyclists, John Deeley, a member of Merthyr Cycling Club, said he was "ashamed to be a human being" after seeing the amount of trash on the side of the Roads .

Polly takes litter from roadsides over to Wales on holiday, on Pembroke Castle , Pembrokeshire

Polly Emmott, known as litter, cucumbers, cleared up a litter picking tourist, and, like coffee cups, condoms, and water-bottles full of urine by the side of the Welsh streets.

After finding some trash on the course two years ago, the a 30, began-year-old, wearing gloves and a bag to the waste pick-up, no matter where she went.

"you think," how can you dare to throw fall - I cleaned in the last month'," She Said .

Nia Lloyd, of Keep Wales Tidy, said litter on the side of the Roads and in the hedgerows was now "part of the Welsh landscape"

Nia Lloyd, of Keep Wales Tidy, said some people had to stop to be ashamed of.

she spoke to cyclists and pedestrians, picked up on was a waste and threw it back to the people, the cars in a traffic jam.

"I would not recommend this, but unless you disgrace of a human being in the realization get something wrong, you might not realize it is a Problem," She Said .

The Welsh Government said the enforcement was only to change a part of The Solution and behavior.

"We are developing a new Wales litter prevention plan and to continue to support the local authorities and the third sector in tackling this problem," a spokesman said.

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Source of news: bbc.com