Owners of clapped-out cars in west Oxfordshire could be paying more for the council to dispose of them.
The fee may be increased to £50 as district councillors prepare for next year's budget and look at ways of making savings and increasing income.
The current £23.50 fee is lower than Oxford, where £47 is charged. In the past two years, however, the number of abandoned vehicles has only slightly decreased from 346 in 2001-2 to 336 in 2002-3.
Further measures are now being considered to tighten the screw, including direct links to the Drivers' Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) to speed up the process of tracking down last registered owners.
David Harvey, chairman of the council's environment scrutiny committee, said: "There has been a fall in the scrap metal value of cars which has an effect on the costs of the collection service.
"At the same time we need to make sure people do not deliberately dump them in our district."
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