Mattresses, fridge freezers and broken furniture have recently been dumped at recycling centres as a council tries to clamp down on fly-tipping.

Bracknell Forest Council has issued a total of 19 fines recently ranging from £100 to £400.

Pictures show items including mattresses, fridge freezers, broken furniture and electrical appliances dumped at local recycling banks.

Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of waste on land or in water to usually avoid disposal costs and is currently punished by a fixed penalty notice of up to £400.

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In Bracknell, fly-tipping is monitored by the Public Protection Partnership, a joint venture with West Berkshire Council, as well as Thames Valley Police.

Fly-tipping fines were doubled by the Public Protection Partnership last year following an increase of incidents across the borough.

Bracknell Forest Council says it has installed more CCTV in some sites, with more set to be installed across all 39 community recycling points in the borough.

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Councillor John Harrison pushed council leaders in September to prioritise the issue after occurrences of fly-tipping were reported in rural Warfield.

Cabinet member for leisure, culture, public protection and democracy Iskandar Jeffries said CCTV had been deployed in ‘hotspot’ areas.

This was secured by funding from the Thames Valley Police Crime Commissioner Matthew Barber, according to Councillor Harrison.

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Conservative councillors had previously suggested the authority use a previous budget’s overspent on CCTV cameras – but it was blocked by the Labour administration.

Bracknell Forest Council is urging residents to report incidents of fly-tipping online.