Council triples flytipping fines in one year

Brighton and Hove City Council is one of the most active in the country for tackling flytipping, new research reveals.
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Flytipping in Brighton and Hove

In figures collected by the Press Association, Brighton and Hove issued 276 fines to flytippers in the 12 months to May 2017, the fifth highest in the country.

The council’s updated figures show that 618 fines have been issued to date compared with 196 last year.

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Councillor Gill Mitchell, chairman of the city’s environment committee, said: “Residents are fed up with people simply dumping things on the street, around existing bins or on our open spaces, creating eyesores and leaving it up to the council to clear up and taxpayers to pay for it.

“On average we get about 160 flytips reported to us each month, not including those identified and cleared by our streets teams. The message is that those responsible will be fined and in extreme cases prosecuted.”

Since March 2016 more than 5,000 fixed penalty notices were issued, for discarded waste, from dog poo to litter.

The council said of these 594 were for flytipping, including 346 where businesses were using council-owned bins to illegally dispose of waste. Fines for flytipping are set at £300.

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Staff from the council’s Cityclean have highlighted the issue by putting ‘environmental crime’ tape round flytipping sites.

CCTV has also been installed at known flytipping ‘hotspots.’

The council said the increased awareness has seen a big jump in reported flytips from 466 in the first quarter of the year to 776 from April to June.

The top five councils issuing flytipping fines were: Westminster (747), Haringey (288), Redbridge (284), Waltham Forest (281) and Brighton and Hove (276).