‘Serious challenge’ Council bids to tackle rise in fly-tipping in area

FIVE main areas have been identified as contributing to the prolonged rise of fly-tipping in South Gloucestershire.

- Alex SEABROOK Local democracy reporter

This summer councillors sounded the alarm as piles of rubbish are being left across the district and called for an investigation into the root-causes of why people fly-tip.

This also found that there are six challenges facing South Gloucestershire Council in addressing the rise of fly-tipping. Boyd Valley, Severn Vale and Frampton Cotterell were highlighted as having the highest levels of fly-tipping, followed by Staple Hill, Mangotsfield and Stoke Gifford.

Councillors passed a motion in July, calling on the government to change the law so that money raised from prosecuting fly-tippers gets reinvested back into the area. The motion also led to a root-cause analysis, which the scrutiny commission will discuss on Wednesday.

A report to the scrutiny commission said: “Fly-tipping continues to pose a serious and escalating challenge in South Gloucestershire, with far-reaching environmental, financial, and social consequences. Fly-tipping incidents have shown a fluctuating but overall upward trend between 2019 and 2024, with notable hotspots in both urban fringes and rural lanes”