A litterbug facing hundreds in fines is likely to think twice next time before throwing their KFC rubbish from the car.

A person who littered on a rural South Auckland road has been hit with a $400 fine after leaving their receipt in the bag of uneaten KFC.

The illegal fast food dumper could now be facing hundreds of dollars in fines.

The Whitford resident decided to report the incident to Auckland Council after she found an eftpos receipt inside the bag of rubbish dumped outside her rural property.

FACEBOOK Christine also shared her story on a community Facebook page and encouraged others who had witnessed similar incidents to do the same.

Christine, who did not want her surname included, said littering was a big issue along her road.

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It was en route to surrounding beaches and people often used the location to clear their car of food rubbish.

"There are lots of bottles, milkshake containers, cigarette butts. Anything that they don't want left in their car," she said.

"It's just a very bad culture."



The Auckland woman said she often cleared the litter from the side of her stretch of road and local schools also helped clean up rubbish.



Christine said she was pleasantly surprised at the effort council had put into tracking down the litterbug.



"Auckland Council gets a lot of bad press, so this is something that they're doing really well so let's acknowledge this."



When Christine reported the littering to the council, staff were able to track the eftpos receipt to the Glen Innes KFC, which was able to track down the person who bought the food.

FACEBOOK It seems the KFC rubbish dumper in Whitford isn't the only offender in the region.

Council told her it intended to issue the person with an infringement notice for the littering.

Auckland Council waste solutions general manager Ian Stupple said staff had contacted the person who owned the car from which the KFC bag was thrown and the investigation was ongoing.

No infringement was too small, Stupple said.



Council followed up on every complaint about littering or illegal dumping it received.



Whether the offender was fined, and how much, was dealt with on a case-by-case basis.



If the person was a first-time offender or the amount of rubbish was less than a litre then the fine would likely be $100. If the person was a repeat offender or a large amount of rubbish had been dumped, the maximum fine was $400.



Stupple said the council was cracking down on illegal dumping and littering.

SUPPLIED Auckland Council waste solutions manager Ian Stupple says staff followed up on every report of illegal dumping and littering council received.

"It's anti-social behaviour and disrespectful to people's neighbourhoods."

While some people saw the roadside as a convenient place to get rid of food rubbish, others would make special trips to country roads between 2am and 5am to get rid of their rubbish without paying the fee at the dump.

Stupple said the person who creates the rubbish should ultimately pay for its disposal.

Building sites, businesses and people moving house were common offenders.

Council was working to educate people on ways to reuse and recycle in order to avoid creating as much rubbish.

It also encouraged members of the public to report any instances of littering and illegal dumping they witnessed.

A team of nine enforcement officers were tasked with dealing with this kind of offending throughout the region and they were always grateful for help from the public, he said.

The investigation into the KFC litter incident is ongoing and expected to conclude within the next two weeks.