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Email: ethelpline@herefordshire.gov.uk
Fly tipping - illegal dumping
Fly tipping is an increasing problem causing environmental pollution as well as a significant cost to Herefordshire Council in terms of collection and disposal.What is fly tipping?
It is illegal to dump rubbish and anyone caught doing so is liable to prosecution, with fines of up to £50,000 or 5 years imprisonment. Dumping of rubbish or fly tipping is harmful to the environment and potentially dangerous to people and wildlife.
Fly tipping can vary in scale from a bin bag of waste to large
quantities of rubbish dumped from lorries. Fly tipped waste can be
found anywhere, including roadsides, lay-bys or on private
land.
The photo to the right shows a fly tipped armchair in a Herefordshire layby next to a sign requesting that litter should be taken home.
A wide variety of wastes are fly tipped. These include household
rubbish, large domestic items such as fridges, furniture and
mattresses, carpets, LPG cylinders, garden refuse, tyres and
chemical waste. Large amounts of waste from construction,
demolition and excavation activities are sometimes dumped,
including asbestos sheeting.
The photo above is of some fly tipped builder's rubbish on a minor Herefordshire road.
If you would like further information, statistics or guidance on combating fly tipping, see the Flycapture page of the Environment Agency's website.
If you have witnessed fly tipping in operation or wish to report an incident, please contact Environmental Health & Trading Standards on 01432 261761 or by email to ethelpline@herefordshire.gov.uk.
