Tameside council recorded 15.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 38% higher than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 3,203, most of them on council land. It issued 278 fixed penalty notices, 41 of them littering fixed penalty notices issued in conjunction with fly-tipping, and brought 11 prosecutions.
Trashton's meant to be a nickname. The fly-tippers have taken it as a job description.