Clearance costs of fly-tipping by local authority
These figures are published as Official Statistics. The costs on the Flycapture database for the size categories 'single items', 'single black bags', 'car boot or less', 'small van loads' and 'transit van loads' are set in the system based on national averages. For the other categories, 'tipper lorry loads' and 'significant multiple loads', the costs are entered by the local authority. However, in the guidance national average costs per loads are provided to help local authorities calculate their estimates. This approach aims to reduce differences in local estimation methods and therefore allow for equivalent comparisons to be made at the local authority level.
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Title
Recorded fly-tipping incidents in Wales, by local authorityLast update
Last update: March 2016Was added to StatsWales: February 2013
Next update
TBCPublishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Flycapture, Environment AgencyContact email
stats.environment@wales.gsi.gov.ukDesignation
NoneLowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local authoritiesGeographical coverage
Local authoritiesLanguages covered
English and WelshGeneral description
Flycapture is the national database of fly-tipping incidents and enforcement action that was set up by Defra, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association to record the incidents and cost of illegally dumped waste dealt with by local authorities.Data collection and calculation
The costs on the Flycapture database for the size categories (single items, single black bags, car boot or less, small van loads and transit van loads) are set in the system based on national averages calculated when the system went live in April 2004. For the other categories (tipper lorry loads and significant multiple loads), the costs are entered by the local authority. As these costs vary, a rise or decrease in incidents will not necessarily have the same rise or decrease in costs; i.e. an increase in smaller incidents and a decrease in larger incidents will give a significant difference in rise of costs.It should be noted that prosecutions do not necessarily take place in the same year as the relevant fly-tipping incident occurs.
Successful outcomes include: conditional discharge, community service, fine, custodial sentence and other successful outcomes.
Whilst fly-tipping figures are no longer designated as “National Statistics”, they continue to be published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
