Birmingham<\/a> suffered most from large-scale fly-tipping incidents. A total of 3,462 incidents involving tipper trucks and multiple or significant dumps or waste cost Birmingham, taxpayers \u00a32.10 million in cleanup costs.<\/p>\nThat\u2019s the equivalent of \u00a31.78 from the pockets of everyone who lives in the city on large-scale cleanups alone.<\/p>\n
Croydon in South London saw the highest volume of fly-tipping last year, with 53,000 separate incidents. That included 1,585 large-scale incidents, which are when a tipper lorry load of rubbish or more is dumped.<\/p>\n
But Camden had the highest number of fly-tipping incidents compared to the population size. A total of 36,126 incidents added up to the equivalent of 167 for every 1,000 residents. That\u2019s the equivalent of one illegal dump per six people.<\/p>\n
Croydon was next with 130 incidents per 1,000 people, and then Hackney (116).<\/p>\n
Outside the capital, Nottingham had the biggest rubbish problem, with 26,138 separate incidents, or 79 for every 1,000 residents, followed by Great Yarmouth (77), and Boston in Lincolnshire (66).<\/p>\n
Taxpayers in Leeds had the next-highest bill from industrial-scale fly-tipping (\u00a31.63 per person), followed by Wirral (\u00a31.33).<\/p>\n
Defra has not published the cleanup costs for overall fly-tipping incidents, only the large-scale dumps.<\/p>\n
You can see how badly your area is affected by fly-tipping and how it compares to the rest of England, using our interactive map.<\/p>\n
Nearly two-thirds of fly-tipping (62%) involved household waste, which ranges from black bags of day-to-day rubbish to old furniture, carpets and bric-a-brac from loft and shed clearances.<\/p>\n
Fly-tipping most commonly occurs on pavements and roads, accounting for more than a third of cases (37%), according to the figures, and almost a third of incidents (31%) were the size of a small van load, while 27% were the equivalent to a car boot or less.<\/p>\n
However, 52,000 cases involved an amount of rubbish that was equivalent to a tipper lorry load or more, an 11% increase, costing councils in England \u00a319.26 million to clear up.<\/p>\n
In addition to the figures from local authorities, the Environment Agency dealt with 98 incidents of large-scale illegal dumping last year, Defra said.<\/p>\n
In response, councils issued 572,000 enforcement actions, an 8% increase on the previous year, and 69,000 fixed penalty notices, a 9% rise.<\/p>\n
However, the number of court fines fell by 9% to 1,250, and the combined value of those fines dropped from \u00a3730,000 to \u00a3673,000.<\/p>\n
Councils also seized 139 vehicles last year.<\/p>\n
New guidance has been published by Defra to help councils seize and crush more vehicles used for fly-tipping, or repurpose them for clean-up operations, along with advice on how to take cases to court.<\/p>\n
Councils are also being urged to name and shame fly-tippers on social media.<\/p>\n
Defra Minister Mary Creagh said: \u201cWe are empowering local authorities to clamp down on waste cowboys and restore pride in our local areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI share the public\u2019s fury at seeing our streets, parks and fields used as dumping grounds.<\/p>\n
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