Crap Towns / Bridgend / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Bridgend? Bridgend council recorded 10.3 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, about the same as the typical Welsh council's 10.3. In 2024-25 it recorded 1,343, most of them on the highway. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2006-07 1,074 2007-08 2,042 2008-09 482 2009-10 664 2010-11 827 2011-12 684 2012-13 854 2013-14 1,033 2014-15 1,086 2015-16 1,086 2016-17 1,283 2017-18 1,604 2018-19 1,937 2019-20 1,788 2020-21 1,744 2021-22 1,640 2022-23 1,650 2023-24 1,510 2024-25 1,343
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 879 Back alleys 209 Private and residential land 180 Footpaths and bridleways 71 Rivers, streams and their banks 3 Railway land 1 Commercial and industrial land 0 Council land 0 Farmland 0 Not recorded 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Black bags from homes 703 Other household rubbish 323 Building, demolition and excavation waste 73 White goods 72 Garden waste 49 Other business waste 29 Tyres 23 Black bags from businesses 16 Not recorded 12 Other electrical 10 Asbestos 9 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 9 Vehicle parts 8 Clinical waste 6 Animal carcasses 1
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 145 A single item 116 A car boot or less 383 A small van load 368 A transit van load 151 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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