Did you know

If you dump any waste onto land or highway this is called fly-tipping and is illegal. Leaving as little as two black bags on the street when it is not your recycling and rubbish collection day is classed as fly-tipping.

Fly-tipped waste is a problem in Bristol. A large quantity of the waste dumped contains fridge freezers, builders rubble and mattresses which is littering our street scene, driving down property prices and costing the council tax payer an estimated £231,848 each year.

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What we can do

We will investigate complaints and incidents of fly-tipping where evidence is available.

We use a range of methods to help us identify who has fly-tipped waste in Bristol, including:

• CCTV which we can install anywhere
• We interview people
•  We can serve Legal Notices requesting information and the receiver of the Notice has a legal obligation to reply
• We work very closely with the Environment Agency and neighbouring Local Authority Enforcement Teams to make sure we catch the offenders.

The Street Scene Enforcement Team have dedicated CCTV equipment located around the city to catch offenders in the act of flytipping!

Convictions for flytipping can carry a fine of up to £50,000 and/or up to 5 years imprisonment.

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What you can do

Please help us combat fly-tipping by reporting any fly-tipping in your area today.  Simply complete our online report form below.  Alternatively you can contact our Customer Services Centre who will be more than happy to help.

Any information you can obtain about who has fly-tipped the waste would be very helpful to our Street Scene Enforcement Team. Information such as:

• Vehicle registration
• Brief description of the vehicle/s seen fly-tipping
• Brief description of the person/people seen fly-tipping
• Photographic evidence if possible of the above

Bristol City Council, Waste Services and Street Scene Group will clear any fly-tipping from public areas generally within two working days, unless specialist arrangements are required for removal/disposal.

Information that you enter on this form is strictly confidental. Your details will only be used to process the removal and clean up of the waste fly-tipped and will not be passed on to any other departments of organisations.

Please fill in all fields marked with a *

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Contact us

If you cannot find the information that you are after, please contact us by:

Email: customer.services@bristol.gov.uk

Tel: 0117 922 2100

Write: Customer Services Centre
Neighbourhood and Housing Services
Bristol City Council
Brunel House
St Georges Road
Bristol
BS1 5UY

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