Fly-tipping complaints fall in Shefffield during coronavirus lockdown

The Countryside Alliance reported that fly-tipping had risen by 76 per cent nationally, according to statistics from the reporting app ClearWaste.

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But Sheffield Council revealed there had been 791 incidents in the month to April 28 this year, compared with 1,053 during the same period in 2019 – a drop of nearly a quarter.

A council spokeswoman said its officers were continuing to clear dumped waste, investigate any evidence and issue fines of £400 where possible during the lockdown.

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“Sheffield's Household Waste Recycling Centres remain open so this may have prevented an increase in fly-tipping incidents. However we have stated that this is for essential visits only and our officers plus officers from SYP are monitoring this,” she added.

“As well as this we have managed to carry on collecting green bin waste and are taking new sign ups.”

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According to the Countryside Alliance, around 90 per cent of recycling and refuse centres across the UK have been closed during the lockdown, making Sheffield an exception.

In Sheffield, there were 21 cases of fly-tipping reported via the website FixMyStreet in the three days between Monday and Wednesday this week, with a fridge, furniture and black bin bags among the items being dumped.

A Sheffield councillor recently said that language barriers were no ‘excuse’ for ignoring lockdown restrictions and fly-tipping, following reports of rubbish being dumped on the streets of Page Hall and Fir Vale.