Crap Towns / Wealden / Fly-tipping
How bad is fly-tipping in Wealden? Wealden council recorded 4.1 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 63% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 602, most of them on the highway. It issued 2 fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Over time Year Incidents 2012-13 455 2013-14 642 2014-15 596 2015-16 598 2016-17 457 2017-18 376 2018-19 558 2019-20 621 2020-21 811 2021-22 637 2022-23 677 2023-24 677 2024-25 602
Where it was dumped, 2024-25 Where Incidents The highway 572 Council land 19 Footpaths and bridleways 6 Rivers, streams and their banks 5 Back alleys 0 Commercial and industrial land 0 Farmland 0 Not recorded 0 Private and residential land 0 Railway land 0
What was dumped, 2024-25 What Incidents Other household rubbish 180 Building, demolition and excavation waste 110 Other business waste 62 White goods 52 Garden waste 45 Tyres 36 Black bags from homes 34 Black bags from businesses 24 Asbestos 23 Vehicle parts 12 Other electrical 11 Chemical drums, oil and fuel 10 Animal carcasses 2 Not recorded 1 Clinical waste 0
How big, 2024-25 Size Incidents A single black bag 1 A single item 91 A car boot or less 229 A small van load 264 A transit van load 17 A tipper lorry load 0 Significant or multiple loads 0
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