May Edition of Redbridge Wall of Shame released: Local tip-offs help catch grime crime offenders

The May edition of Redbridge Wall of Shame has been released featuring CCTV footage of six new grime crime offenders trashing the borough and Redbridge Council is calling on the community to help identify them.

Since its March launch, the site has been sharing monthly clips of environmental crimes and footage of fly-tippers dumping their rubbish illegally on our streets - selfishly making neighbourhoods messy and causing road and walkway obstructions for others living in the borough.

Keeping up the pressure on the lawbreakers, the new Wall of Shame empowers local people to help bring the mess-makers to justice by reporting anyone they can identify from the clips.

This month’s Wall of Shame includes a woman dumping a baby bath, another shamelessly fly-tipping a shopping bag filled with rubbish, and others who would rather dispose of their bags of waste on the street than wait for their regular household waste collection.

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

If you are able to identify any of the culprits caught on camera please contact Redbridge Council on: Cleansing.Services@redbridge.gov.uk

Within a month and a half of launching, Redbridge Wall of Shame had already notched up nearly 10,000 page views.

Local tip-offs from the March and April editions of Wall of Shame have led to a person being identified and issued with a £400 Fixed Penalty Notice for fly-tipping in Ilford, as well as the Enforcement Team currently investigating a graffiti offence in Hainault.

Sarah Foster, Redbridge Council’s Operational Director for Civic Pride, said: “We’re working together as one community in our fight against fly-tipping, and sending a clear message to potential offenders that it’s getting harder and harder for them to evade justice.

“Our Wall of Shame is already resulting in tip-offs from local people, and our recent successful fly-tipping court prosecutions have also stemmed from local witnesses coming forward and working with council enforcement teams to bring culprits to justice. As a community we won’t put up with people making a mess in our borough.”

Redbridge Wall of Shame forms part of the council’s on going work under it’s Our Streets strategy to create a cleaner Redbridge. Taking a tough stance on grime crime, the council will fine or prosecute any individual or business caught dumping rubbish in the borough.

Recent successes include prosecuting a serial fly-tipper in the borough, landing him with a court imposed fine and costs totalling £1,254, and successful prosecutions against two people from Deptford and Enfield who dumped hundreds of kilos of rubbish in Redbridge. Both cases were won using witness evidence from local residents.

More details on both these cases and other anti-fly-tipping activities can be found on the Redbridge Wall of Shame news section.

Enforcement action is also being coupled with other council led fly-tipping initiatives, including community engagement work, free online workshops on reducing and disposing of waste properly, and targeted fly-tipping operations.

Residents can easily report any fly-tips they spot in the borough 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.

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