Five reasons why South Gloucestershire fly-tipping increased by 72 per cent in a decade

Five reasons why South Gloucestershire fly-tipping increased by 72 per cent in a decade View Image

Five main areas have been identified as contributing to the prolonged rise of fly-tipping in South Gloucestershire . This summer councillors sounded the alarm as piles of rubbish are being left across the district and called for an investigation into the root-causes of why people fly-tip.

This found that there are six challenges facing South Gloucestershire Council in addressing the rise of fly-tipping. Boyd Valley, Severn Vale and Frampton Cotterell were highlighted as having the highest levels of fly-tipping, followed by Staple Hill, Mangotsfield and Stoke Gifford.

Councillors passed a motion in July, calling on the government to change the law so that money raised from prosecuti