All fly-tipping, small or large, is a crime. The Flycapture database, which was set up in 2004 by DEFRA, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association, records the number of fly-tipping incidents dealt with by the Environment Agency and local authorities. Flycapture records incidents broken down by waste type, land type and size of fly-tip.
The categories for incidents by size are:
(i) single black bag
(ii) single item
(iii) car boot load or less
(iv) small van load
(v) transit van load
(vi) tipper lorry load
(vii) significant/multiple loads.
Flycapture does not record whether these fly-tips have been carried out by householders.
The Environment Agency deal with large, more serious fly-tipping incidents.