New figures show that Ashfield District Council is winning the fight against fly-tippers.

The council said there was a 15% decrease in fly-tipping service requests compared with last year — and the district is the second lowest authority in Nottinghamshire for fly-tipping.

Measures against fly tippers include buying camouflaged cameras, which have been deployed in fly-tipping hotspots across the district.

Coun Helen-Ann Smith, deputy leader of the council, said: “The 15% decrease in fly-tipping is welcome news.
“We are not resting on our laurels though. As a council, we are determined to clean up our district — and these latest figures show that we are doing exactly that.”

Coun Jason Zadrozny, leader of the council, said: “One of this council’s number one priorities is to improve our environment. I would like to thank our fantastic employees for doing exactly that.

“If you look deeper into the figures, they show that an average of only 0.04% of households fly tip. Those are the people we are after so, if you fly tip, we will catch you!

“Every bit of fly-tipping is thoroughly investigated and we will do everything we can to identify the culprits. The figures also show that we’re now doing better than most authorities in the fight against fly-tipping.”