Fly-tipping

How you can prevent fly-tipping

Everyone has a legal 'duty of care' to ensure their household or business waste is disposed of correctly.

You can be prosecuted even if your waste is fly-tipped by someone else on your behalf.

If it is your waste, it is your responsibility.

Always use a registered waste carrier to provide a skip and / or to collect your rubbish. Check the register of waste carriers on the Environment Agency website.

Follow the SCRAP code, read more about this on RECAP's website.

Reporting fly-tipping

Fly-tipping is illegal. If you witness someone fly-tipping, call the police on 999 and report it as a crime in progress. All instances of fly-tipping should be reported to us, whether you witnessed the fly-tipping take place or not.

Report fly-tipping

When you report the fly-tipping you must try to include the following:

• Exact location
• Date and time you discovered the fly-tipping
• The contents and size of the fly-tip
• Details and photos of the items
• Vehicle's registration number

What can you do with your household waste?

• Use your kerbside bin collection. You can view your bin collection dates on our find your bin collection day page.
• Use our Bulky waste collection service - It costs just £30 for us to take away up to 3 items and we recycle as much as possible.
• Use neighbourhood recycling banks or household waste recycling centres.

Is your business disposing of its waste correctly?

Every business that produces waste in the UK has a legal 'duty of care' to:

• manage it properly until it is recycled or disposed of
• always use a registered waste carrier or register to carry your own waste
• keep the correct paperwork for at least two years

Get a quote from our Commercial Waste service

Fly-tipping fines

The fine for fly-tipping is £700 but reduced to £420 if paid within 10 days. 

Pay your Fixed Penalty Notice fine for fly-tipping