Gateshead has recorded a significant decrease in fly tipping cases since lockdown but concerns remain regarding larger scale fly-tipping.
According to council figures presented to the housing, environment and healthier communities overview and scrutiny committee between April 2021 and April 2022 there were 5,638 fly-tips collected. This is a significant decrease from the lockdown peak of 2020 and 2021 where 9,513 fly-tips were collected.
The vast proportion of these tips were located in the wards of Saltwell, Lobley Hill and Bensham, and Felling. The most common kind of rubbish illegally abandoned included “single or car boot sized” volumes of bin bags filled with household waste.
