Milton Keynes City Council has announced that fly-tipping is currently down by a third across the city.
Milton Keynes City Council’s latest report shows that fly-tipping is down by a third in the city, despite an increase of 38% nationally.
In September of 2021, the Progressive Alliance announced its new Flytipping Action Plan, which included 'strengthening' its enforcement and education work and investing more into CCTV to catch those committing environmental crimes.
Councillor Paul Trendall, Lib Dem Progressive Alliance Cabinet Member for Waste, said: “The Progressive Alliance has taken a zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping and we committed to reducing it by 10% in this year’s Council Plan. I’m pleased to see that our approach is working, and that residents and businesses are learning that it is unacceptable to illegally dump waste across our communities.”
There has been over 130 prosecutions for fly-tipping in recent years, the City Council states.
Councillor Naseem Khan, Labour Councillor for Stantonbury Ward, added: “Residents across my ward regularly raise their concerns of fly-tipping in the area so I’m pleased that the Progressive Alliance’s proactive efforts to tackle the problem are working. I look forward to seeing how else the City Council can use the latest technologies and approaches to ensure fly-tipping continues to decline in the future.”
The Fly-tipping Action Plan is due to be refreshed early next year, with a renewed focus on the worst affected areas across the city. More information on these hotspots, managing other types of fly-tipping and what is being done to tackle the problem, will be made available in due course.
