Report fly tipping

Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of waste. Often, this will involve dumping large items that are dumped instead of being legally disposed of at a household waste and recycling centre or commercial site.

Report flytipping

Report rubbish tipped in a public place or roadside

All incidents of fly tipping in a public place should be reported to your local borough or district council using the contact details provided on this page.

Report large scale flytipping

To report more organised large-scale fly tipping, such as lorries dumping large amounts of waste, please contact:

• Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, available 24 hours a day
• The Environment Agency incident hotline on 0800 80 70 60, available 24 hours a day.

What you can to do prevent flytipping

There are a number of things you can do to prevent flytipping, with further advice available on the National Fly Tipping Prevention Group website:

• National Fly Tipping Prevention Group: Advice for households

• National Fly Tipping Prevention Group: Businesses

• National Fly Tipping Prevention Group: Landowners