RNC tackles flyaway garbage headed for St. John's dump

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says officers will soon begin issuing tickets to people who don't cover their vehicles while taking garbage to the St. John's dump.

The RNC set up a checkpoint near the Robin Hood Bay landfill and gave verbal warnings to a number of people.

St. John's Clean and Beautiful, which promotes anti-littering campaigns around the city, said some of the garbage strewn around the city blows off private vehicles taking waste to Robin Hood Bay, which serves numerous municipalities on the Avalon Peninsula.

There will be more police enforcement in the weeks ahead, and "you don't have to be on the way to a facility such as Robin Hood Bay," Const. Paul Davis said.

"You may be going to your cabin, you may be moving furniture or personal items from one place to another for any number of reasons, and the message is that it has to be secured so it doesn't fall, blow from a vehicle, or leak from a vehicle," he said.

The fine for an unsecured load is $138.