Grants awarded across 26 local authorities to target fly-tipping hotspots.
26 councils will receive a share of an almost £1 million boost to step up their battle against fly tipping and better protect communities, Recycling Minister Robbie Moore announced last week.
The grants will support various schemes to take the fight to waste criminals – such as an increase in CCTV cameras in hotspot areas, AI-assisted camera technology, and campaigns to raise households’ awareness of their duty to only use licensed waste companies when getting rid of rubbish.
This round will see 26 local authorities across England benefit from the grants of up to £50,000 including Sefton and Cheshire East.
Recycling Minister, Robbie Moore said:
"Fly-tipping is a brazen attack on communities, nature and our environment. It can create danger for wildlife as well as people and I am determined the harm done by cynical criminals doesn’t go unpunished.
We have increased the maximum penalty councils can issue for these offences, made sure money from those fines goes back into more enforcement and clean up, and now we are giving councils a further £1 million boost.
Our previous funding has achieved significant reductions in fly-tipping across many parts of England – which is why we will build on our successes and ensure councils have more resources to carry on the fight."
The grants – totalling a combined £994,547 – announced last week will build on almost £1.2m which has already been allocated since 2022 across 32 other local authorities as part of the fly-tipping intervention grant scheme.
