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Fly-tipped rubbish, bags and clothing dumped beside communal bins in an alleyway

Litter & Fly Tipping

Fly tipping & street waste incurs a cost to us all

Fly tipping and street waste has a significant avoidable cost that impacts us all, preventing council spending on other much-needed services

Two dumped mattresses on the ground against a chain-link fence

Large items

Large items such as mattresses or beds require 2 of the council waste team and a large van: Average cost to tax payer £95

Fly-tipped fridge and toilet left on a pavement beside a wooden fence

Electrical Appliances

Larger electrical items such as fridges may require 1 or 2 of the council waste team and a van: Average cost to tax payer £75

Fly-tipped laundry basket of rubbish and a broken chair left against a garden wall on the pavement

Smaller items

Smaller items require only 1 council waste team member and a small van: Average tax payer cost £35

Fly-tipped rubbish bags, cardboard and clothing piled beside large bins against a brick wall in an alley

We want this to work better

We aim to reduce flytipping and litter as well as significantly reduce direct, and indirect, cost to our community

Currently we...

  • Report to the council

    We can all report fly tipping to the council using an online form (click here to open form)

  • Escalate to our Councillors

    We can escalate long-standing fly tipping and waste to our councillors who can contact the council waste department directly

  • Dispose of ourselves

    We arrange litter picking groups, and some of us take larger items to the tip ourselves

  • Raise awareness

    Informing people of the social and economic cost of fly tipping and careless waste

Yellow grab excavator beside a large heap of scrap metal at a waste site

cleaning up our environment

A vision for a cleaner community

We all prefer litter-free and clean streets. The alternative encourages rats and vermin and degradation of our streets and community.

The QPC charity is working with our local councillors and council to explore new ways of working to directly resolve this long-standing and costly issue.

The council has recently started issuing fines, some up to £500 where warnings have been ignored and continued infringement occurs.

We would rather work with the council across our ward to see a softer approach of education and informal discussion before this becomes necessary.

  1. The Issue

    Continued fly tipping and littering degrades our community and causes significant avoidable cost to the council.

  2. Assessment

    We are actively working with the council to find better ways for us to address the problem. Part will be education, part direct community involvement, and part council regulation and enforcement.

  3. Social awareness

    Awareness and education play a huge part: don't fly tip or cause the issue in the first place.

  4. More waste bins

    We are keen to provide more waste bins that may be part, or wholly, funded and managed by the charity and community. We hope to run a pilot in 2025.

  5. Waste amnesty days

    We recognise that for some tip access may not be possible and so are exploring waste amnesty days at a local drop-off point with a nominal charge to help cover the cost of disposal.