Responding, Bradford Council says it was forced to reduce some services due to “unprecedented financial challenges”.
“We chose these three sites as they were the least used of all the household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) in the district,” according to a spokesperson.
“Their closure provided a saving of £900,000 per year.”
The council spokesperson says that since the closures of the three tips, the number of people using four of the district’s remaining five HWRCs – Bowling Back Lane, Dealburn Road, Dowley Gap and Midland Road – has “risen by between 7% and 16%”.
“At Roy Ings Keighley HWRC it has increased by 55%. This is partly due to the closures and partly due to population growth,” they add.
The spokesperson says that fly-tipping incidents increased from 18,492 before the tip closures in 2023-24 to 19,697 in 2024-25.
So far in the current financial year to January 2026, the number of reports received was 13,316.
Meanwhile, Bradford Council says that people who fly-tip will do so regardless of whether there is a tip nearby.