Fly-tipping

Fly-tipping including branches from residential tree lopping and builders material was dumped at Linlithgow leisure centre and at sites around the town.

£10,000 worth of fines to fly-tippers already this year in county

Some of the mess, including a burnt out caravan, left at the former Kirkton Business centre, Kirkton, Charlesfield lane, Livingston.

Residents call for action over fly-tipping mess at business park

Dumping and flytipping at the bin hub outside Silke Dykstra's house

Bin hubs making 'every day a misery' for residents

The site between West Granton Road and Waterfront Avenue is earmarked for a state-of-the-art home for Scotland's national collection of 130,000 artworks, The Art Works

Edinburgh's fly-tipping hotspots revealed amid surge in waste dumping

Locals say fly-tipping incidents have increased at the illegal travellers site in Granton.

Travellers eviction court appeal set for July

Residents of a block of flats on Pennywell Road have urged the council to fix a broken bin store which attracts rats and fly-tippers after being handed a bill to clear the mess.

Residents urge council to fix broken bin store after being billed

Plans to regenerate former allotments in Bridgend have been delayed by fly-tipping and ongoing police and environmental investigations

Plans for new woodland at West Lothian site delayed by fly-tipping

Another photo of the mess in Craigmillar.

Council promises to clear one of city's worst fly tipping sites

Images of the Craigmillar fly-tipping site taken last year, and local MP Chris Murray raising the issue at the House of Commons, bottom right.

MP raises one of city's worst fly-tipping sites in House of Commons

Longniddry Bents is another award-winning East Lothian beach. The stunning beach is popular with watersport lovers, including kite-surfers, canoeists and windsurfers.

Fly-tipper fined £500 after dumping rubbish on beach

Fly-tipping including branches from residential tree lopping and builders material was dumped at a Linlithgow leisure centre and at sites around the town.

Fy-tippers dump commercial waste as councillors bemoan dumpers

Travellers at the west side of the site in Granton.

Top politicians discuss ongoing issue with illegal travellers site

Travellers piling up fly-tipping and general rubbish at the Granton site, which local residents say are then set on fire on a regular basis.

Fire brigade defends not attending travellers' site fly-tipping fires

Flytipped household items overlooking picturesque fields

Edinburgh hit by fly-tipping boom: More than 12,000 cases recorded last year

Gregor Poynton MP meeting with volunteers from West Lothian Litter Pickers.

MP launches fly-tipping survey to tackle Livingston litter crisis

Graffiti removal is being stepped up

Council targets litter, dog fouling, fly-tipping and graffiti
More than 60 tonnes of waste have already been collected in a new blitz on litter, fly-tipping, dog fouling, graffiti and chewing gum in Edinburgh.
Ian Swanson

Whitburn residents say foodstuff and household rubbish dumped in back bags at bin stores are a magnet for rats

Residents plagued by rats as rubbish dumped beside bins

Appeal after suspected commercial fly-tipping in West Lothian

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

The most recent fly-tipping incident at the New Kingsknowe, with a full bathroom suite dumped at the back of the pub.

Fly-tipping is costing Scotland £9m a year to clear up - Steve Cardownie

The most recent fly-tipping incident at the New Kingsknowe, with a full bathroom suite dumped at the back of the pub.

Security cameras installed at pub after rise in fly-tipping incidents

359,000 complaints over flytipping, overflowing bins and more

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

From left, Brunswick PACT chairman Brian Roberts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson at the Home Office discussing the NationalWorld campaign Silent Crime on November 21, 2024

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledges action on Silent Crime

Watch: Silent Crime - The Untold Story Of Victims documentary

Watch: Silent Crime - The Untold Story Of Victims documentary

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Craig Hoy, MSP, is leading the petition calling on East Lothian Council to reopen Macmerry Recycling Centre

Petition to reopen recycling centre launched after rise in fly tipping
More than 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for a recycling centre to reopen in East Lothian amid claims fly-tipping has increased since it shut its doors.
Marie Sharp, LDR

Huge surge in fly-tipping at West Lothian town

CCTV to be rolled out to cemeteries to target fly-tippers

Staff at West Lothian council say cemeteries have become a new target for fly-tippers

West Lothian council record rise in fly-tipping at cemeteries

Waste dumped illegally at Wellington farm, Millerhall, Midlothian in 2019. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

New crackdown on fly-tipping, dog fouling and litter

Homeowners could be liable for £50k fine if your neighbour does ‘this’ to your property

Neighbours could land homeowners a £50k fine according to obscure law

Murdo Fraser was wants fresh action to tackle fly-tipping

MSP launches consultation on fly-tipping bill

A different way of working is needed to deal with offenders and deter others, councillors heard.

Midlothian Council looking at new measures to crackdown on environmental offence...

Fly-tipping in West Lothian. Pic: SLE

Scottish Land & Estates call for fly-tipping crackdown under new government

Some of the rubbish dumped in Drum Brae

Coronavirus in Edinburgh: Fly-tippers putting extra strain on council

The rubbish pile in Drylaw. Pic: TRIM and Friends of West Pilton.

Shocking pictures show 'van loads' of eyesore waste piles dumped at Edinburgh lo...

Rubbish is strewn across the grass in front of Drumbrae Leisure Centre.

Anger as kitchen items, household waste and Christmas packaging left strewn acro...

Bulky household items can be collected and recycled by Edinburgh Council

Fly-tipping in Edinburgh increased over summer due to council's bulky uplift del...

Land at the former farm off Turnhouse Road has been littered with paint cans, concrete slabs and tyres.

Edinburgh beauty spot trashed by feckless fly-tippers and vandals

These are some of the worst cities for fly-tipping in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the worst cities for illegal and nuisance fly-tipping in the UK

There are fears Edinbugh could be faced with an increase in fly-tipping and backyard bonfires. Picture: Contributed

Fly-tipping and bonfire fears as garden tax deadline shuts

Marine Esplanade is a magnet for fly-tippers

Gerry Farrell: Here's a tip: clamp down on chancers

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