If you find fly-tipping you should report it. You need to contact either your local authority or the Environment Agency on its incident line 0800 807060. Local authorities and the Environment Agency have an agreement called the Fly-tipping Protocol, this sets out the types of incidents each will respond to. It states that:

• Local authorities are responsible for dealing with most types of small-scale fly-tipping.

• The Environment Agency deals mainly with larger illegal dumping incidents – known as the 'Big, Bad and Nasty'.

• Big incidents are generally those involving more than a tipper load of waste;

• Bad incidents that involve organised crime; and

• Nasty incidents of drummed hazardous wastes which have a greater potential to damage the environment.

Remember, fly-tipping is a crime.