Yahoo News New map reveals worst London boroughs for fly-tipping ... as shocking figures show nearly £58m cost of clearing the waste
A new map has revealed London’s worst boroughs for fly-tipping as it emerged clearing the rubbish costs the UK almost £58 million a year.
Shocking statistics released by the Government revealed that enforcement officers across Britain dealt with one million incidents of dumped waste in the year between August 2016 and the same month this year.
Some 484,000 people received fines, warnings and court summons over the issue, costing the tax-payer £16 million.
Clean-up operations came to a massive £57.7 million nationwide.
Now, waste disposal experts Hippo have compiled a map shaming London’s worst boroughs for fly-tipping.
The colour-coded map shows Enfield as the worst borough for dumping waste with 75,614 incidents reported in the same period.
London's worst boroughs for fly-tipping
Figures showed incidents reported to local councils in 2016/17
1. Enfield 75,615 incidents
2. Haringey 33,333 incidents
3. Croydon 24, 797
4.Newham 19,917
5. Southwark 17,131
Haringey came second with officers forced to deal with 33,333 reports of fly-tipping.
Croydon Council received 24,973 complaints.
Bexley was rated London’s cleanest borough with just 1,680 reports of fly-tipping.
Lewisham came a close second where 1,931 incidents were reported.
Collectively, north London fares worse than south London with just two boroughs – Islington and Hackney – rated “low” for fly-tipping.
Croydon is the only area south of the Thames classed as “high”.
Hippo have also launched an online tool to help residents find out where their nearest tip is and if they’ll be charged for using it.
Gareth Lloyd-Jones, MD at Hippo Waste said: “It’s time for us all to make a stand, take responsibility for our waste and protect our local area to safeguard it for future generations.”
“Our research has uncovered a postcode lottery when it comes to tip charges so the tool should get everyone up to speed on the topic.”
To use the tool click here.
