What is fly tipping?
Fly tipping is ‘the illegal deposit of any waste onto land with no licence to accept waste’. Waste includes: general household waste; larger domestic items including fridges and mattresses; garden refuse; and commercial waste such as builders’ rubble, clinical waste and tyres. Such waste can occur in any quantities in any mixture in any location. At the very least illegal dumping of waste is a blight on our environment, spoiling the landscape, and is an unnecessary cost to taxpayers or landowners. At the worst it can cause long lasting contamination, pollution and put human health at risk. It is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to fly tip any material. Conviction could lead to a heavy fine. The Council liaises closely with the Environment Agency on incidences of fly tipping.
