Report fly-tipping
Tel: 01225 394041
Text: 07797 806545
Email: councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk
Submit an online form: http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/reportit/Default.aspx?category=FlyTipping
Report fly-tipped Hazardous Waste
Free Hotline 0800 80 70 60
Is your waste-carrier registered?
Check online: http://www2.environment-agency.gov.uk/epr/search.asp?id=EP8&&type=register
or
call 08708 5066 506
Dumping of rubbish or ‘fly-tipping’ is harmful to the environment and potentially dangerous to people and wildlife.
It is illegal to fly-tip and anyone caught doing so is liable to prosecution, with fines of up to £50,000 or five years imprisonment.
The cost of dealing with fly-tipping falls to the taxpayer.
If you give your waste to a non-registered waste-carrier and they fly-tip your rubbish, you may be held accountable.
What constitutes fly-tipping?
Dumping anything – from a bin-bag of household waste, electrical items to a lorry-load of waste from a construction site – at a site that has no licence to accept it.
Fly-tipping can occur on private or public land including roadsides, waterways, railways or lay-bys.
How to report it?
To report illegal dumping:
- Call 01225 39 40 41
- Submit an online form http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/reportit/Default.aspx?category=FlyTipping
- Request a visit from one of our Enforcement Officers if you spot frequent fly tipping incidents
To report dumping of hazardous waste
Such as asbestos, containers of liquid or powder chemicals and paints:
- Call the free Hotline 0800 80 70 60
The Council is responsible for clearing up fly-tipped waste on public land.
If waste is dumped on private land it’s the responsibility of the land-owner to clean it up.
If someone is prosecuted for fly-tipping on your private land, the courts can award costs to cover the clear-up.
See also the More Information section below.