What is it?
Fly-tipping is when...
- Someone dumps rubbish.
- Often a big pile of it, or a large item (e.g. furniture, appliances).
- Somewhere it shouldn't be left.
It's still fly-tipping...
- On private or public land.
- In a bin store (if it's not in the bin or bagged, depending on how bin collections work your estate).
- Outside or beside the bin store.
- On the street.
- In a communal car park, garden or outside a block of flats.
So, anything left out or dumped on a B3Living estate / land is fly-tipping.
"But I'm from London. It happens there all the time."
In some London Boroughs, people do leave things out on the street for passers by to pick up. Even if it's common, it's still illegal.
Outside London, doing this is a bigger issue. Passers by don't tend to pick up things, so items left out cause a problem quickly.
Where can I take something?
You can only take things to a facility with a license for dealing with waste - e.g. your local tip / recycling centre, or commercial / private waste management centres.
To learn more about bins, rubbish and how to dispose of bulky waste, click here.
Yes.
Fly-tipping is illegal for a reason. It's a health and safety issue, bad for the environment and local people end up paying big clean-up costs they shouldn't have to cover - which isn't fair.
You shouldn't have to live next to dumped rubbish.
Clearing up fly-tipping isn't a B3Living service. When it happens, it's an extra thing to sort out.
That means...
- Caretakers have less time cleaning your block.
- The bill passes to residents (eventually).
Although it's not a service we charge for, the costs of picking things up, running a van big enough, paying waste centres, etc all adds onto our running costs.
We can and do clear up fly-tipping on our land.
Even though it's not a B3Living service, we want to protect the quality of the neighbourhoods you live in.
We can only clear up fly-tipping on our land. If you report something and it turns out it's not our land, we'll let you know.
Please: bear with us. In bad times, fly-tipping can happen in several places at once so it can take us longer than we'd like to clear things up.
Catching fly-tippers
Fly-tipping is very hard to prevent.
But if we can find out who is doing it, that makes a big different. We often need evidence as well
- If we have evidence (e.g. proof of who it belonged to, witness evidence, etc), we can take action. We can issue warnings, recharge costs, take legal action, etc.
- If you can identify someone doing it, let your local council know. They can issue fines and take action. Or tell us, and we'll pass it on.
If you can identify who is fly-tipping, we recommend contacting your local council, as they are able to issue fines and take relevant action where necessary.
How to report it
If there has been fly-tipping on B3Living land, please report it to us via your myB3Living online account or our app.
Tell us what's there and, if you have it, any information on who you saw dumping it. We'd need:
- Dates and times
- Descriptions of people and vehicles
- Any photos / footage you have.