Alternatively to report a fly-tip, you can call us on 01353 665555.
Fly-tipping is a crime which ranges from dumping waste in remote areas to leaving bin bags in the street outside the boundary of your premises. It includes general household waste, large domestic items, for example, fridges and furniture; commercial waste, for example, builders’ rubble and tyres or garden refuse, earth and soil.
If you find or witness a fly-tip, please:
To help us investigate the fly-tip it is helpful to know:
Any information you give us will be used and stored in accordance with principles found in the General Data Protection Regulations.
Householders are responsible for making sure any waste taken from a property goes to a licensed waste facility, such as a household waste recycling centre.
Failure to do so may result in you being held liable for an offence under the waste duty of care code of practice and receiving up to a £600 Fixed Penalty Notice.
If you need advice on how to dispose of waste, please see how our bulky waste collection page.
If you employ a person to remove your waste, you must check that the person or company has a waste carriage licence. You can check to see if the individual or company you wish to use is a registered waste carriage licence holder on the government’s website.
For more information, see the Duty of Care Code of Practice.
Abandoned shopping trolleys are not fly-tipping. Please contact the shop where the trolley has originally come from to ask for its removal or contact:
If you would like to report a shopping trolley as fly-tipping, please contact the shop where the trolley has originally come from. The shop will then arrange collection of the shopping trolley.
If you have discovered a fly-tip that has been left on a road, please contact the police so that the hazard can be made safe and arrangements for removal can take place. If the fly-tip is on the carriageway or at risk of being on the carriageway call 999 if it is an emergency, or 101 for non-emergencies.
If you have a fly-tip on your land please notify us.
Alternatively to report a fly-tip, you can call us on 01353 665555.
The fly-tip will be investigated and prosecuted at the discretion of the council. See our role in managing fly-tipping below. Clearing a fly-tip from private land is the responsibility of the landowner.
If you are responsible for land, or are a private landowner, you must ensure that your land is as secure as is practically possible.
Waste produced because of business activity is classed as controlled waste. Businesses are legally responsible for making sure controlled wase is disposed of correctly. You must also be able to provide a valid waste transfer note when required. Failure to do so could result in a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) of £300 or prosecution.
Find out more on our business waste pages.
If you dispose of your own waste, you must be registered as a waste carrier with the Environment Agency and complete transfer notes for the waste that you dispose of.
For more information on business and commercial waste visit Managing Your Waste An Overview on the government’s website.
As a waste carrier, you have the responsibility to complete a waste transfer note for the waste that you handle. You may be required to produce this documentation to an officer of the local authority and failure to do so within seven days is an offence which can result in a £300 Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN).
For more information on registering as a waste carrier and licence renewal visit Environment Waste Management website.
Fly-tipping is covered by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Clean Neighbourhoods Act 2005. It is the council's policy to seek to prosecute each offence of fly-tipping reported to us, where evidence can be found, which could result in a Fixed Penalty Notice of up to £1000 for smaller scale fly-tips, or an unlimited FPN and/or six months imprisonment for larger offences.
For more information on the council's fight against Environmental Crime, please see our Environmental Crime Enforcement Policy.
| Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total fly-tips | 562 | 753 | 620 | 589 | 739 | 536 | 444 |
For further information on the proactive campaign to tackle environmental crime, please see the Let’s SCRAP fly-tipping campaign on the RECAP website.