Fly-tipping - how you can help

How YOU can prevent fly-tipping

What else can YOU do with YOUR waste?

Use your kerbside waste and recycling collection Visitwww our website to find out which items we collect from your property along with other information about our waste and recycling collection service.

We ALL have a legal obligation, or DUTY OF CARE, to ensure our household or business waste is disposed of correctly. The best way to stop organised fly-tipping is to make sure that only authorised waste carriers take your waste away.

YOU could face prosecution and an UNLIMITED FINE if your waste ends up fly-tipped by someone else.

Remember, if it’s YOUR waste, it’s YOUR responsibility!

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Avoid a fine. Put items in a bin, not by the side; don’t leave items out for the ‘scrap man’; and always follow the S.C.R.A.P. code if you are having household waste removed.

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their waste carrier’s registration details, then verify them by searching the Environment Agency website (link below) or by calling 03708 506 506. Note down the registration number of the vehicle used to take your waste away.

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Use your Neighbourhood Recycling Bank or Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) Find out more information about where you can recycle certain items, the location and opening hours of your nearest HWRC and van permit applications on our website.

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should be obtained. Make sure you get a proper invoice, waste transfer note or a receipt for your waste removal. This should give a description of the waste and provide the waste carrier’s contact details.

How YOU can find LEGAL waste carriers: Always carry out your own research and choose whose services you wish to use.

You can find licensed waste carriers in your neighbourhood by calling the Environment Agency on 03708 506 506 or visiting: environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers

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If it’s YOUR waste, it’s YOUR responsibility.

Dispose of YOUR items properly to avoid an UNLIMITED FINE.

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Could YOU be fly-tipping?

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Fly-tipping is an illegal activity. If you see it in action, call the Police on 999 and report it as a crime in progress.

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Items and bags left... beside street bins and recycling banks, on the floor of communal bin areas,

outside closed Household Waste Recycling Centres and charity shops ...are all FLY-TIPPING! If bins or banks are full, or the shop or centre is closed, take YOUR items away with you – DO NOT leave them behind, or YOU could receive a Fixed Penalty Notice up to £400 or face an UNLIMITED FINE.

Around £250,000 is spend clearing fly-tips in the Lancaster district each year.

The estimated cost of clearance for fly-tipping to local authorities in England in 2016/17 was £57.7 million*.

Fly-tipping is punishable by an UNLIMITED FINE or IMPRISONMENT.

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Is YOUR business disposing of its waste correctly?

EVERY business that produces waste in the UK has a legal ‘DUTY OF CARE’ to manage it properly from the moment it is produced until it is either recycled or disposed of.

OVER 50% of UK businesses are not complying with the law and 90% of these are small companies with fewer than 50 employees*.

A lack of understanding will not stop YOU receiving an UNLIMITED FINE in court.

It is YOUR legal responsibility to always use a registered waste carrier, and/or register to transport YOUR own waste. The correct paperwork must be kept for at least two years.

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These websites will help your business comply with the law and YOUR Duty of Care:

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Never put yourself at risk when reporting a fly-tip!