Witnessing fly tipping

If you witness an incident of fly tipping, never put yourself at risk by confronting the offenders. 

The best thing you can do is make a note of vital information that can be used in making a report to the Council.

What to note

If you are a witness to fly tipping, try and make note the following:

• The day, date and time you saw the tipping take place
• What you saw
• How many people were fly tipping and their description(s)
• What they were actually doing
• Any vehicles involved – the make, model, colour and registration number
• Where you were when you saw the fly tipping
• What kind of view you had
• How far away you were
  and the weather and light conditions at the time
• What did you see being tipped
• How much was tipped
• What it looked like

If you did not have time or could not remember all the details above, make the report anyway - your information could still be very useful.

Making a report

So the Council can investigate, you need to report the incident to us.

Once we have received a report, an trained Enforcement Office will then investigate.