March Redbridge Wall of Shame: Help us find the fly-tippers caught on camera spoiling our borough

We are working closely with our local communities to track down the culprits behind the fly-tips featured in our latest Redbridge Wall of Shame, so please get in touch with us if you can help identify them.

The shameless fly-tippers were caught on camera and the CCTV footage show perpetrators scattering and dumping bags of rubbish, as well as dumping a large cardboard box next to a house.

Head to Redbridge Wall of Shame to view the footage: https://wallofshame.redbridge.gov.uk/

If you can help identify any of the culprits in the clips please contact Redbridge Council on: Cleansing.Services@redbridge.gov.uk

Last year Redbridge Council cleared 21,161 fly-tips in the borough. Redbridge’s Street Cleansing Team also removed 4620 tonnes of waste from the street, which included street litter and fly-tips – that’s the equivalent weight of around 355 London Routemaster double-decker buses.

We need to work together as community to keep our borough clean and tidy and that means we each take responsibility for the rubbish we produce.

Fly-tipping has a big, negative impact on the whole community:

• It costs the council to clear fly-tips, - money that could have been spent on vital services such as education, and housing.
• It causes an obstruction making it difficult for people to use the street, especially so for wheelchair users, the visually impaired, or parents with prams and young children.
• It leaves neighbourhoods looking messy and undesirable to live in.
• It attracts vermin such as mice and rats to the area.

If you spot a fly-tip in the borough you can easily report it online through the council’s Report It page:  https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/report-it/

All fly tips made known to the council are recorded and investigated, with enforcement action being taken if evidence is found. The council aims to clear all recorded fly-tips on council land and the highway within 24 hours of it being reported. You can also submit evidence of perpetrators or their vehicles on our Report It page which will aid enforcement investigations.

Rayla Begum, from Goodmayes, has been affected by fly-tipping in her neighbourhood and said: “My street is part of my home. It upsets me and my children when we have to walk past piles of spilling black bags on our way to school. It makes our neighbourhood look dirty, unsafe and unpleasant.

“If we as residents don’t take ownership of our streets and help the council to help us make our streets cleaner and safer then it just won’t happen. It’s not realistic for the council to go around patrolling every street in the borough, every day. Instead, we as residents should be clued up about how to dispose of waste responsibly - and share this knowledge and make a conscious effort to help keep the borough clean and tidy.

“At the very least we should be reporting fly-tippers or sharing evidence with the council such as registration plates or video footage from security cameras if we see a fly-tip.”

There are many resources and services available in our borough for rubbish to be disposed of properly, including:

Weekly household waste and recycling collections 

Seasonal Green Garden Waste collections

Bulky Waste Collections entitling residents to a free collection every 12 months (maximum of 3 items)

Chigwell Road Reuse and Recycle Centre

Free door step clothing collection and other ways to dispose of unwanted clothes

Community Composting sites in Redbridge 

Find out more about waste disposal in Redbridge and how to reduce your waste 

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