More than 1,000 people will face punishment for fly-tipping in Ealing after the council said it has traced the addresses of recent culprits.
Last month figures showed fly-tipping in the borough had risen by an astonishing 216% compared to last year after a new system of wheelie bins were introduced in June.
The surge led Labour Ealing Council to up fines from £80 to £400 and introduce three "enforcement" trucks, used solely for collecting fly-tipped rubbish from the most affected areas.
Now it has added a fourth fly-tipping enforcement team and van, and has traced back fly-tips to 1,124 addresses with the occupants set to be hit by Fixed Penalty Notices.
Labour Councillor Bassam Mahfouz, cabinet member for transport, environment and leisure, said: "We now have four dedicated crews out and about on the streets of Ealing, identifying those people who fly-tip on our streets, gathering evidence to issue Fixed Penalty Notices of up to £400.
"The vast majority of residents share our view that this sort of behaviour is appalling.
"We will not tolerate fly-tipping in our borough, those people who we have caught can now look forward to a hefty fine dropping onto their doormats very soon.
"You want to make a mess on our streets – we will find you and we will fine you."
But opposition leader, Conservative councillor Greg Stafford, believes the measures are a response to a problem that was of the council's own making.
'Disastrous change not working'
Cllr Stafford, who was accused of being a "keyboard warrior" by Cllr Mahfouz, said: "Fly tipping has increased by a whopping 216% since the move to alternate weekly collection.
"Labour in their arrogance made these changes to the services without any consultation with residents as they claimed it would make our streets cleaner.
"Clearly, as Conservative councillors predicted, this disastrous change is not working, as evidenced by the addition of a fourth fly tipping van.
"Labour is not listening, not hearing or delivering for Ealing."
But Cllr Mahfouz responded by saying the council was forced to make the change after cuts from the Conservative central government, and to meet recycling targets.
New wheelie bins replaced a system of bin bags on June 6, and the council switched to alternate weekly collections.
The council claim this has resulted in an increase in recycling, with 55% of all household waste collected in the first month since the change - although there are claims this is linked to increased fly-tipping .
Since the introduction of the council's enforcement teams, they have visited 763 streets in the borough to investigate fly-tipping.
Residents can report cases of fly-tipping here or by calling the fly-tipping hotline on 020 8825 8825.
