Flytipping in former Rolls Royce site in East Kilbride<br /><br />From SEPA<br /><br />Flytipping<br />Everyone is responsible for the safe and correct disposal of their own waste. Flytipping is a crime that SEPA is working with partners to respond to and to prevent.<br /><br />Preventing flytipping<br />Waste that isn’t managed properly can lead to flytipping or unauthorised burning. Flytipped waste blights our rural land and countryside and puts the health and wellbeing of our communities at risk.<br /><br />SEPA is working with a variety of partners to tackle flytipping through the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy and associated Year 1 Action Plan.<br /><br />Householders and members of the public can help tackle flytipping. Your waste is your responsibility. By following the guidance below, you can make sure your household waste is disposed of legally, safely and doesn’t cause environmental pollution.<br /><br />Read on to see how you can safely and legally dispose of your household waste.<br /><br />Green waste<br />Bulky household waste<br />Private Landowners Grant fund<br />As part of the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy, SEPA and Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) have launched a Private Landowners Grant fund to support interventions focused on preventing flytipping on private land. The fund is open for applications until 8th December 2023. See National Litter and Flytipping Strategy Private Landowners Grant Fund for full details of the fund including guidance on the objectives and eligibility criteria, as well as the application form itself.<br /><br />Reporting flytipping<br />Incidents of flytipping can be reported by contacting the relevant local authority directly. You can find details for the relevant local authority at GOV.UK.<br /><br />If the incident you report is on-going, is believed to be of a hazardous nature or is near a watercourse, the local authority may involve SEPA or Police Scotland in the investigation.<br /><br />The Dumb Dumpers service, which incidents of flytipping could previously be reported through, is no longer operating. For information about why this service is no longer operational please consult the Dumb Dumper FAQs.<br /><br />Waste crime<br />Waste criminals profit at the expense of legitimate businesses, undercutting them by not paying to deposit waste at approved disposal sites and competing unfairly. It often leads to illegal large scale chronic flytipping at industrial sites and rural locations. SEPA will work with partners, such as Police Scotland and local authorities to investigate large scale industrial flytipping in communities.
