Flytipping
Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of waste. It can vary in scale significantly, from a bin bag of rubbish to larger quantities of waste dumped from trucks. This sort of waste can be found anywhere, such as roadsides, in lay bys or on private land. The council will take action against anyone found to be fly tipping within the borough under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for which there is an unlimited fine and possible imprisonment.
You can help improve your environment and report incidents of fly tipping by contacting the Customer Care Unit, please make a note of the exact location. All fly tipping reported on public land will be cleared within 24 hours.
If you witness an incident of fly tipping we advise you not to put yourselves at risk, do not approach the person, make a note of the vehicle registration number and the date and time of the incident and contact our Customer Care Unit with this information. We can then investigate.
