Have you been affected by fly-tipping?

In the coming weeks, Defra is expected to release its latest figures on fly-tipping incidents in England.

Last year’s figures revealed that tens of thousands of incidents of incidents took place across the region.

However, these figures barely scratch the surface of a crime that is a blight on the rural community. This is because the figures only cover incidents on public land.

The CLA is keen to highlight the true cost and distress that is caused to farmers and landowners when waste is dumped on private property.

Fly tipping is not a victimless crime: two thirds of all farmers and landowners have at some stage been a victim, on average paying £1,000 to remove the waste. In some cases farmers have paid up to £100,000 to clear up other people’s mess or risk facing prosecution themselves.

To help us provide examples of fly-tipping on private land to the media we are asking that members who have experienced the crime, and would be happy to speak to the media about the incidents, to contact CLA East Communications Manager Lee Murphy by email.

Photographs of recent incidents would also be beneficial so we can demonstrate the scale of the problem.