Fly-tipping

North Northants Council issued 19 Fixed Penalty Notices for fly-tipping offences last month (Credit: NNC)

19 fixed penalty notices for fly-tipping totalling £11,500 issued by NNC in June

Tatenda Chibanda of Brook Street, Raunds was fined a total of £5,930

Kettering business owner fined for ‘significant’ fly-tipping in Raunds

Kettering - Gladstone Street illegally dumped waste /National World

'We have a problem' says Kettering councillor after 'worst' fly-tipping

The rubbish was removed during a clean-up day held on Kestrel Lane in Wellingborough /Greatwell Homes

Over five tonnes of rubbish removed from Wellingborough fly-tip hotspot

The project involved the change of use to the layby, with a Traffic Regulation Order now in place

Efforts targeting notorious fly-tipping hotspot in Northants village paying off

These pictures show the clean-up efforts to get rid of fly-tipped waste dumped in Lower Ecton Lane (Credit: North Northants Council)

2.5 tonnes of fly-tipping cleared from Northamptonshire lane

Corby is experiencing a deluge of flytipping by people who can't quite find it in themselves to go to the tip.

Corby's worst grot spots - where filthy fly-tippers have been dumping rubbish

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Fly-tipped rubbish and waste is seen beside a road in Colnbrook, near Heathrow, west of London on May 11 2020.

Watch: How do we dump Britain’s fly-tipping epidemic?

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

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Dramatic pictures posted on Facebook posted by Watery Lane resident Elaine Hutchings show the scale of the fly tipping.

'Beyond belief': Outrage over 50ft long fly-tipped waste pile

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The issue will be discussed at a council meeting this week

Fines of up to £1,000 for fly-tipping to be discussed by council

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

The huge mountain of rubbish has built up at a property in Dalkeith Street

Disgusting mountain of rubbish attracting rats and plaguing street

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Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Video grab of a rat infested alleyway off Franciscan Road in Tooting, south London. October 2 2024.

I passed a swarm of rats on the school run...it was disgusting!

Muktar Singh, 55

Huge mountain of fly-tipped rubbish attracts 'rats the size of cats'

Clean Up Britain founder John Read wants more to be done about motorway litter

Rubbish dumped on motorway...what do we pay our council tax for?

Nino Gugliemi, 82, who has run a female hair salon on Wilmslow Road in Manchester for 60 years backs onto the alley ways of where students live and have dumped rubbish after moving out for the summer.

Watch: Fly-tipping students have turned street into a 'dumping ground'

Martin Griffiths in Hill Side - a disused loop of the A509 in Little Harrowden

Lay-by fly-tippers return hours after 300 bags of rubbish removed

Dumped fridges and flytipped rubbish were removed from the Hemmingwell estate in Wellingborough

Dumped fridges and flytipped rubbish cleared from Wellingborough estate

Homeowners could be liable for £50k fine if your neighbour does ‘this’ to your property

Neighbours could land homeowners a £50k fine according to obscure law

The new gate installed at ByPass Farm

Grant scheme to help North Northants victims of fly-tipping extended

The verge nest to the A605 has been cleared and then an earth bank built

East Northants A605 earthworks to deter beauty spot fly-tippers
Fly-tipping is a crime which costs, nationally, up to £392 million a year.
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The rubbish had been left on the pavement in High Street

Rushden shop owner fined for dumping 20 bags of rubbish in the High Street

A bed dumped in the lay by

Wellingborough A45 lay-bys should be closed to stop fly-tipping, says resident

File picture of fly-tipping

Corby litter bug picks up £400 fine for fly-tipping rubbish

The tyres were dumped by the side of the A45.

Animals at Irthlingborough charity have new baths after fly-tipping donation

Waste dumped in Crown Street in Kettering.

Kettering major fly-tipping clearance costs rocket

These are some of the worst cities for fly-tipping in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the worst cities for illegal and nuisance fly-tipping in the UK

The fly-tipped waste.

Dumping rubbish proves costly for Corby fly-tipper

The dumped waste.

Big fine for fly-tipper who dumped waste behind Thrapston’s library

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Rubbish dumped in Kettering borough village leaves man with heavy fine

The fly-tipped waste. NNL-180316-132953005

Corby man caught fly-tipping by Kettering Council

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