fly-tipped waste

Local authorities have duties to keep public land clear of fly-tipped waste.

Owners are responsible for clearing fly-tipped waste from their private land.

Is fly-tipped waste being dumped near you?

They can serve notice to require occupiers or landowners to remove fly-tipped waste from their land.

A decades-old Guy Fawkes celebration was left with no bonfire after a council mistook the collected material for fly-tipped waste and removed it.

An East Riding Council spokesperson said: "We are constantly tidying up the area clearing fly-tipped waste and litter.

And on June 16, a city council worker came across fly-tipped waste - which included a deckchair - dumped across a road off King's Weston Lane.

Local authorities (LAs) have duties to keep public land clear of fly-tipped waste, but neither the LA or appropriate environmental regulator has a duty to clear waste from private land.