Dorset campaign to tackle green waste fly tipping
The Dorset Partnership Against Rural Crime is encouraging residents and contractors to dispose of garden waste responsibly.
The Dorset Partnership Against Rural Crime is encouraging residents and contractors to dispose of garden waste responsibly.
Dorset Council is appealing for information following the discovery of several large containers leaking liquid.
Dorset Council issued 80 Fixed Penalty Notices in 2025, which is double the number given in the previous year.
The number of Fixed Penalty Notices for fly-tipping in Dorset has increased by more than three quarters in the last year.
Hampshire’s Country Watch team, together with other agencies, carried out an operation targeting commercial vehicles on 11 January.
Dorset Council recently spent four days removing 1.5 tonnes of litter and fly-tipped rubbish from just one road.
With more than 1,700 cases and around 320 fines issued, the council is tackling fly tipping across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
With 1,700 fly tipping cases reported in the last 10 months, BCP Council has launched the Your Waste, Your Duty campaign.
Farmers should take extra steps to protect their property as fly tipping has increased dramatically over the past couple of years.
A company has been hired by BCP Council to reduce fly tipping in the area and to engage with local communities.