Crap Towns / Ceredigion / Fly-tipping

How bad is fly-tipping in Ceredigion?

Ceredigion council recorded 2.9 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 72% lower than the typical Welsh council's 10.3. In 2024-25 it recorded 144, most of them on the highway. Of those, 2 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £845 to clear. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.

**Over time**
Year	Incidents
2006-07	441
2007-08	480
2008-09	356
2009-10	317
2010-11	327
2011-12	270
2012-13	253
2013-14	317
2014-15	446
2015-16	390
2016-17	252
2017-18	240
2018-19	156
2019-20	155
2020-21	134
2021-22	136
2022-23	357
2023-24	124
2024-25	144

**Where it was dumped, 2024-25**
Where	Incidents
The highway	116
Council land	26
Not recorded	1
Private and residential land	1
Back alleys	0
Commercial and industrial land	0
Farmland	0
Footpaths and bridleways	0
Railway land	0
Rivers, streams and their banks	0

**What was dumped, 2024-25**
What	Incidents
Other household rubbish	63
Black bags from homes	22
Building, demolition and excavation waste	16
White goods	12
Other electrical	11
Tyres	9
Not recorded	7
Black bags from businesses	2
Garden waste	1
Other business waste	1
Animal carcasses	0
Asbestos	0
Chemical drums, oil and fuel	0
Clinical waste	0
Vehicle parts	0

**How big, 2024-25**
Size	Incidents
A single black bag	0
A single item	0
A car boot or less	32
A small van load	82
A transit van load	28
A tipper lorry load	2
Significant or multiple loads	0

**Nearby councils**
Council	Incidents per 1,000 people a year
Carmarthenshire	17.8
Swansea	10.1
Neath Port Talbot	5.6
Powys	3.3
Ceredigion	2.9
The typical Welsh council	10.3