Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume of waste he estimates was illegally fly-tipped in each year since March 2005, broken down by the nature of the waste. (103246)

Flycapture, the national fly-tipping database, records summary data on incidents of fly-tipping broken down by waste type, land type and size of fly-tip.

Flycapture data for April 2005 to March 2006 were released on 31 July 2006 and are reproduced below:

*Number of incidents of fly-tipping by waste type reported to Flycapture by local authorities in England between April 2005 and March 2006*
Waste type	Number of incidents
Animal carcass	9,307
Green	46,833
Vehicle parts	18,449
White goods	64,878
Other electrical	24,049
Tyres	25,379
Asbestos	3,051
Clinical	2,786
Construction/demolition/excavation	53,329
Black bags commercial	51,837
Black bags household	194,111
Chemical drums, oil or fuel	4,329
Other household waste	327,539
Other commercial waste	38,257
Other (unidentified):sid1621 8230	152,458

*Number of incidents of fly-tipping by size reported to Flycapture by local authorities in England between April 2005 and March 2006*
Size of fly-tip	Number of incidents
Single item	285,942
Car boot or less	307,474
Small van load	236,510
Transit van load	124,715
Tipper lorry load	24,245
Significant multi loads	6,676

Further information can be found on the DEFRA website:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/localenv/flytipping/flycapture.htm

Volume 453: debated on Monday 27 November 2006