hertfordshire rural forum regional fly tipping research results and key findings
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hertfordshire rural forum First hand experience Have you had fly tipping on your land? 88% said “yes”TRANSCRIPT
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Regional Fly tipping research
Results and key findings
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Summary
• First-hand experience• Frequent occurrence• Everyday materials• Everyday people• Random acts
• Rural routes• Under reported• Mixed reception• Do-it-yourself• Physical measures
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First hand experience• Have you had fly tipping on your land?
• 88% said “yes”
Have you had any fly-tipping on your land?
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Frequent occurrence• How often do you find fly tipped material?
• 66% experience fly tipping on at least a monthly basis
Frequency of fly-tipping (Q2)
Daily4%
Weekly28%
Monthly34%
Quarterly25%
Yearly9%
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Everyday materials• What types of waste do you find?
• 66% is household waste, green waste or construction / demolition waste
What types of waste are typically found fly-tipped on your land?
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GreenWaste
Appliances Vehicles DomesticRubbish
BuildersWaste
Other
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Everyday people• Who, in your opinion, are responsible?
• 73% cited householders and small businesses as the main culprits
Who, in your opinion, are the main culprits?
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Householders Largebusinesses
Criminals (carthieve etc)
Smallbusinesses(gardeners
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Organisedcriminalactivity
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Random acts• Do you notice a pattern to fly tipping?
Trends in fly-tipping (Q5)
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• 66% said no
Some identified patterns associated with:
• Weekends, high days and holidays
• Evenings and after dark
• Travellers
• Building trade
• Gardeners
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Rural routes• Where does fly tipping occur?
• 90% cited country lanes, field gateways and farm tracks
Where does the fly-tipping typically occur?
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Fieldgateways
Farmyards Open fields Along farmtracks
Along countrylanes
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Under reported• Three quarters do not report fly tipping
• 58% reporting that nothing happens when they do
Reasons for not reporting fly-tipping (Q12)
I get too many
I haven't got thetime
Nothing happenswhen I do
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Mixed reception• When reporting, what is the nature of the
service received?– 30% experienced a “supportive” service from all
authorities– District councils were the most “supportive” – All authorities, except parish councils were
criticised for “indifference”– The police were the most “indifferent”
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Do-it-yourself• Who clears away fly tipping?
• Most reported that it was easier and quicker to clear it themselves
Who clears away fly-tipping? (Q13)
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I do it District Council I move it, thenthe District
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Physical measures• What measures have been taken to prevent
fly tipping?– Over 70% had adopted physical measures– Over 70% had paid for them themselves– Over 70% were successful although 62% reported
that the problem had been displaced