A new group is being set up to continue to reduce fly-tipping incidents and bring down the clean-up costs across Gedling borough
Gedling Borough Council has been spending tens of thousands of pounds tackling fly-tipping – which is the illegal dumping of waste – over the last few years.
According to new figures there were 450 incidents of fly-tipping in the last quarter of 2022/23, and costs reached £25,000 over the period, before later peaking in the final quarter of 2023/24 at just over £25,000 when there were 375 incidents.
In the final quarter of 2024/25, costs were still at just under £20,000, despite incidents having reduced to 90.
The council says it has a target of clearing 98 per cent of fly-tips within 10 working days of a report. In 2025/26, which is the current financial year, at the end of the first quarter the target was missed slightly with collection rates of 94.54 per cent.
However, the council says that since 2023/24 the rate has not fallen below 96 per cent.
During a Gedling Borough Council meeting on Monday (September 29) councillors were told there had been a significant restructure in a bid to make services to tackle waste-related problems more effective.
Sarah Troman, who joined the council as director of operations in January, said: “One of the first things I did was put in a restructure of the management arrangements across the depot-based services, so fleet, waste, parks, and street care, we’ve got a new management team in place.
“I’m really pleased with the appointments that we’ve made there. It is always good to get some new ideas in, but we have got a really well-experienced, knowledgeable management team in place. We will be making big changes.”
During the meeting it was further agreed a new working group should be set up to help continue to tackle problems relating to waste and fly-tipping.
Cllr Sam Smith (Con), who represents Trent Valley, added: “Hopefully in the working group we can look at specifically the data analysis that determines how many times we go back to a site, [compared to] the cost analysis of installing prevention measures like CCTV.
“That is what we need to see in the working group.”
Fly-tipping incidents collected/costs (note, figures are to the nearest perceived number based off graph data provided)
2022/23
Quarter 1: ~ 225/£12,000
Quarter 2: ~300/£15,225
Quarter 3 : ~225/£12,500
Quarter 4: ~ 450/£25,000
2023/24
Quarter 1: ~ 350/£18,000
Quarter 2: ~ 260/£13,000
Quarter 3 : ~ 260/£17,000
Quarter 4: ~375/£25,500
2024/25
Quarter 1: ~ 210/£15,500
Quarter 2: ~75/£7,000
Quarter 3 : ~ 25/£2,000
Quarter 4: ~ 90/£18,000
