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:
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.