Working with the Council & GMP to reduce & prevent fly-tipping

Fly-tipping within Oldham is an ongoing issue that we are committed to tackling. It is illegal, anti-social, and deeply unfair to residents who take pride in their neighbourhoods.

We are well aware that it continues to have a detrimental impact on our environment, local communities & public health given how often constituents write to us and how frequently we have seen fly-tipping in the area when out knocking on doors over the summer.

The work done so far has been promising, such as local councils now being given powers to seize & crush vehicles and the local ‘Don’t Trash Oldham’ campaign, but the issue persists.

The fact that so far this year Oldham Council has already 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭,𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗹𝘆-𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 shows their commitment to tacking this issue.

We have acted by initiating conversations with the environmental team at the Council, who have been working hard to tackle individual instances, to push for their wider strategy to be maintained and enhanced.

The Council has assured us that their approach to fly-tipping in the borough over the last 3-5 years – being largely based around the two ‘Don’t Trash Oldham’ campaigns – has been successful in identifying the 27 urban hotspots and 7 rural areas that have been subjected to significant fly-tipping, mainly in the form of trade waste and/or criminal gangs dumping waste.

To prevent as well as remove & punish fly-tipping, the Council have been:

Providing 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, & 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀 and enforcement of commercial businesses.

Continuing to issue 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 & 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀.

Working with local residents, volunteer groups, Council collection teams, & ward Councillors on 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝘂𝗽 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀.

Our dialogue is ongoing, and our work will be going to the next phase when the council completes its revised programme to deal with the issue & prevent fly-tipped waste attracting more waste when it is left for a period of time.

Fly-tipping 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year, and we are encouraging local people to continue reporting concerns to my team at jim.mamchon.uk@parliament.uk so that we can end this crime for good.