Fly Tipping

What is Fly-Tipping?

Generally speaking fly tipping is "the illegal deposit of any waste onto land i.e. waste dumped or tipped on a site with no licence to accept waste".

Waste includes: general household waste; larger domestic items including fridges and mattresses: garden refuse; and commercial waste such as builders' rubble, clinical waste and tyres. Such waste can occur in any quantities in any mixture in any location. Accordingly fly tipping incidents need to be treated on a case-by-case basis.

Individual items discarded by the public such as a soft drink can, crisp packet, sweet wrapping etc are not fly-tipping. For more information on these kind of issues, see our street scene pages.

Both Wychavon District Council and the Environment Agency have responsibilities to investigate fly-tipping. The following is a guide on who to contact:

Rubbish fly-tipped on public land:

If the fly-tipping is on public land please report it using our  Fly tipping on public land page

Rubbish fly-tipped on private land:

• If the fly-tipping is on private land AND is prejudicial to health or a nuisance then contact us on 01386 565656 or email: environmental.health@wychavon.gov.uk
• If the fly-tipping is on private land and is NOT prejudicial to health or a nuisance then it is the responsibility of the land owner to remove the waste.
• If you are not sure who to contact then telephone us on 01386 565656 or email: environmental.health@wychavon.gov.uk and we will be happy to discuss your complaint with you.

Please note in some circumstances your case may be referred to the Environment Agency.

Other related information on this website.

• Abandoned Vehicles
• Refuse and Recycling
• Trade Waste
• Street Cleaning

What you can expect from us

We aim to respond to your enquiry within 2 working days

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For more information contact:

Environmental Protection, Environmental Services,
Wychavon District Council, Civic Centre, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore, Worcs. WR10 1PT

Telephone: 01386 565015 - between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Fax: 01386 561826
Email: environmental.health@wychavon.gov.uk