Help us to keep St Helens Borough clean & tidy by correctly disposing of your waste.
What is fly tipping
Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of waste including leaving items next to bins, recycling banks or outside closed household recycling centres and charity shops. If someone fly tips, they may receive a fine of up to £1000, prosecution or in serious cases a prison sentence.
You can also be fined and get a criminal record if you pay an unlicensed person to remove your rubbish and it is fly tipped.
What to do to make sure you don't break the law when:
Disposing of waste yourself
There are several ways to responsibly dispose of household waste yourself, including:
It applies to everyone involved in handling the waste from the person who produces it to the person who finally disposes of or recovers it. You can easily check if someone has a waste carrier's licence online.
If you witness someone fly tipping in the St Helens Borough, please call the Police and report it as a crime in progress. Residents can also help by reporting all instances of fly-tipping to us, whether you witnessed the fly-tipping take place or not.
Please use our online service or by calling 01744 676789. Sending us as much information and evidence as possible helps us to find and prosecute those responsible. Information may include;
the location and the type of land
the date and time the fly-tipping was seen, including the time the offence started and finished
a description of the person(s) doing the fly-tipping (hair colour, height, build, distinguishing features, etc.)
a description (make, colour, markings) and registration number of any vehicle involved, and
the type and estimated quantity of the waste tipped
Fly tipping on private land
Councils must remove waste from their land as the owner of the land and/or because the law says so. Legislation defines what land local authorities must, by law, clear waste and litter from.
Local authorities are not responsible for clearing or collecting fly-tips on private land, which must be dealt with by the landowner or the occupier of the land.
Enforcement
St Helens Borough Council is committed to tackling all forms of waste crime. We use a range of powers to deal with fly tipping, including fixed penalty notices, prosecution, CCTV cameras and various investigatory techniques.
