Fly tipping at a layby between Churchstoke and Snead during the Christmas 2020 period. Picture: Waste & Recycling Service at Powys County Council POWYS is in Wales top three for handing out fines to fly-tippers. A publication by the Welsh Government and Fly-tipping Action Wales has revealed that Cardiff (473 ), Carmarthenshire (67) and Powys (57) are the top three performing areas for issuing fixed penalty notices to tackle fly-tipping. A total of 23,359 waste enforcement incidents (including prosecutions and fixed penalty notices, but also investigations and stop and search checks) were recorded in Wales over the twelve month period, helping to generate a 4.4 per cent decrease in fly-tipping incidents in comparison to 2018-19 (33,542 v 35,076) the lowest number on record in Wales since 2014-15 (31,713).