Litter and street cleaning

Fly-tipping

Dumped waste:

If you find dumped waste in a public space or roadway, please let us know.

Report environmental crime

We are unable to deal with waste that has been dumped:

• On private land or a private road (for example, farmer's field)
• In a private garden
• In a shared garden (for example, where ownership is shared privately or is the responsibility of a Factor or Housing Association)
• In a bin store

Please instead contact the landowner, Factor or Housing Association responsible.

Flytipping

Fly-tipping spoils the environment and takes time and money to clean up - money that could be spent on other services.

Dumping waste is a serious offence, and anyone caught can be prosecuted.

The fixed penalty notice for fly tipping is £500.

Numbers of fly-tipping events

We do not record the type of waste that we pick up from fly-tipped materials, but we do count the number of fly-tipping events that take place on Council land, and privately owned land. This data was not reported monthly until 2019.

Numbers of fly-tipping events

Period	Total	Council land	Private land
April, May, June 2024	117	111	6
Jan, Feb, March 2024	88	85	3
Oct, Nov, Dec 2023	110	103	7
July, Aug, Sept 2023	105	103	2
Apr, May, June 2023	91	86	5
Jan, Feb, March 2023	115	103	12
Oct, Nov, Dec 2022	108	105	3
July, Aug, Sept 2022	108	104	4
April, May, June 2022	131	127	4
Jan, Feb, March 2022	130	121	9
Oct, Nov, Dec 2021	140	135	5
July, Aug, Sept 2021	89	81	8
Apr, May, June 2021	148	142	6
Jan, Feb, March 2021	119	117	2
Oct, Nov, Dec 2020	138	135	3
Jul, Aug, Sep 2020	171	153	18
Apr, May, Jun 2020	139	107	32
Jan,Feb, March 2020	187	168	19
Oct, Nov, Dec 2019	129	127	2
Jul, Aug, Sep 2019	105	104	1
Apr, May, Jun 2019	65	63	2
Jan,Feb, March 2019	107	105	2
Oct, Nov, Dec 2018	103	103	0
Jul, Aug, Sep 2018	90	90	0
Apr, May, Jun 2018	131	131	0
Jan, Feb, Mar 2018	144	140	4
Oct, Nov, Dec 2017	183	179	4
Jul, Aug, Sep 2017	117	115	2
Apr, May, Jun 2017	142	138	4
Jan, Feb, Mar 2017	207	192	15