 The council has received 3,665 fly-tipping reports in the past year. |
A Teesside council says it is carrying out a clampdown on fly-tippers and has warned offenders that they will not escape prosecution. Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council expects to have cleared up 4,000 reports of fly-tipping across the borough in 12 months.
The figures are feeding into a national database, Flycapture, managed by ENCAMS and the Environment Agency.
The council says it deals with 90% of fly-tipping reports in 24 hours.
Coun Bob Stanway, cabinet member for environmental improvement, said: "Fly-tipping is a very serious environmental crime and we will not tolerate it.
"It costs an awful lot of money to clear up, and we will use this database and any other means at our disposal to catch and prosecute those responsible."
The council says that, of the 3,665 reports in the current financial year, most are general household items or black bags.
Second on the list are white goods, such as fridges, and the council has collected over 336 in addition to those planned as part of the bulky waste collections.
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