Illegal fly-tippers in Wandsworth handed £1,000 fine

The individuals dumped numerous items that don’t belong on Wandsworth’s streets, including a fridge-freezer, a toilet and a headboard. The illegal fly-tipping activity was caught on camera thanks to our CCTV monitoring team, and the culprits were identified by the signage on their van and its vehicle registration. They have now been issued with a £1,000 Fixed Penalty Notice. 

Paul White, Cabinet Member for Environment, said:  

“We hate fly-tipping as much as our residents do, and this kind of illegal dumping of items by a company who claim to engage in waste disposal is a blatant disregard of the law. 

“We have a zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping in our borough, and this is helped by our diligent enforcement teams who identified the illegal activity on CCTV and swiftly issued the fine. 

“Through our Cleaner Borough Plan, we have ramped up CCTV monitoring in hotspot areas to catch fly-tippers red-handed and work to make Wandsworth a cleaner and more pleasant place to live.” 

This enhanced enforcement approach comes as part of Wandsworth’s Cleaner Borough Plan and is paired with a commitment to retain weekly waste and recycling collections, expand much-loved Mega Skip Days and deliver cleaner streets. 

Since June 2024, the council has collected almost 8,000 tonnes of extra recycling thanks to residents’ hard work and the Cleaner Borough Plan. 

Fly-tipping is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and those caught can be prosecuted and fined. 

Our enforcement officers have the power to issue £1,000 on-the-spot Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for small scale fly-tipping. 

Large scale fly-tipping can be punished with a £50,000 fine, and/or a 12 month prison sentence. Offenders convicted of large scale fly-tipping in a Crown Court can face an unlimited fine, and/or a five year prison sentence. 

Our Joint Control Centre at Wandsworth Town Hall monitors a network of over 1,200 CCTV cameras across the borough. It was recently announced that additional funding has been secured to significantly boost the borough’s CCTV monitoring capabilities, with extended monitoring hours and brand-new mobile CCTV vans operating in the borough which will strengthen community safety.