This autumn, fines (fixed penalty notices) were issued by Sutton Council enforcement officers for flytips in Butter Hill, Wallington; Homeland Drive, South Sutton; Orchard Avenue, Beddington; and Papermill Close, Carshalton. Fines have been issued throughout the year.

The Council has taken legal proceedings against 14 individuals for non-payment of fixed penalties. They all received fines of £220, a victim surcharge of £30 and costs of £190. Sutton is also currently prosecuting six flytippers for dumping materials at different locations around the borough.

Fines and prosecutions are a key part of the Council’s action on flytipping – but residents’ help is also needed to identify perpetrators.

The Council has also launched a high-profile campaign – Let’s SCRAP IT – on social media about what flytipping is, how to report it and the action being taken by the Council and its partners to tackle it. 

Residents in parts of the borough with known flytipping problems are also being encouraged to get involved. Leaflets are being delivered to homes setting out how they can report flytippers as part of the Council’s campaign with partners Veolia, the South London Waste Partnership, the Police, Sutton Housing Partnership and Metropolitan Housing Trust.