FOI Request - Flytipping

Request 101003484424

1.  When a flytipping incident occurs, do you record how the flytipped materials are disposed i.e. into waste or recycling?

Data that informs flytipping management  

2.  Do you collect information on any factors that might explain changes in flytipping frequency (e.g. seasonality, transient populations, local or global events)?  If yes, what do you collect?

3.  Do you use any technology to support the identification and management of flytipping? (e.g. geospatial technology)

Flytipping prevention activities

4.  Have you carried out any flytipping prevention activities or interventions in the last three financial years (these could include – awareness raising and promotion of waste disposal options, increased surveillance of hotspots, work with residents, landlords, local businesses, improved enforcement)? If yes: please list and describe the factors that informed the intervention’s design.  

5.  Did you work with any internal or external partners when planning flytipping prevention activities or interventions?  If yes, please list these partners.

6.  Have you collected data on the impact and/or effectiveness of these flytipping prevention interventions?  What measures of impact and/or effectiveness did you use?

Response 22-02-2024

1. Fly tipped material is segregated as much as possible, however we do not record individual tonnages for any fly tipped materials so we do not have any records relating to the disposal of fly tipped material (unless it's massive tonnages of one material type, i.e. rubble).
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. N/A
6. No