Fly tipping removal
Dumped on your driveway, your car park, your alleyway or your land. We clear it fast, because one dumped sofa turns into four within a fortnight. Same day where we can.
The unfair bit first
If somebody dumps waste on your private land, removing it is legally your responsibility, not theirs and not the council's. You did nothing wrong and you still get the bill. The council will clear fly tipping on public land, but on a private driveway, car park, alleyway or yard it falls to the landowner.
It is a genuinely infuriating piece of law and it catches out landlords, small business owners and anyone with a bit of land next to a road.
Do these two things before you move anything
- Photograph it where it lies. Wide shots and close ups. Fly tipped piles very often contain something with a name and address on it, and that is evidence.
- Report it to the council. Even though they will not clear private land, reporting builds the pattern that eventually triggers enforcement, and Birmingham does prosecute.
Then ring us and we will make it go away.
Clear it this week, not next month
Fly tipping is contagious in a way that sounds made up until you have watched it happen. An empty corner stays empty. A corner with one dumped mattress in it has four more by the end of the month, because the first item signals that nobody is watching.
Clearing it fast is genuinely cheaper than clearing it later, and it is the single most effective thing you can do to stop it recurring.
Who we do this for
- Landlords and letting agents, with dumping in shared alleyways, bin stores and rear entries
- Housing managers, on estates and low rise blocks
- Site and facilities managers, with dumping in staff car parks and around commercial bin stores
- Farmers and landowners, with dumping in gateways and lay bys on the edge of the city
- Homeowners, when somebody has used your driveway or side entry overnight
One thing we cannot take
Fly tipped piles occasionally contain asbestos sheets, drums of oil, paint, gas bottles or clinical waste, because the people dumping it are dumping it precisely to avoid paying for proper disposal. Those need a different licence and a different route.
Tell us what you can see in the pile, or send a photograph, and we will tell you straight what we can and cannot take before we come out.
What it costs
Priced by volume like everything else. A single dumped sofa is from £45. A typical alleyway pile is a quarter to half load, so from £120 to £200. Commercial sites get invoiced properly with the transfer note attached.
Fly tipping questions
Somebody dumped on my land. Whose problem is it?
Legally, unfortunately, yours. Waste dumped on private land is the landowner's responsibility to remove, even though you did nothing wrong. The council will deal with fly tipping on public land but not usually on private property. That is the single most annoying fact in this whole area and it catches out landlords and small business owners constantly.
Should I report it before clearing it?
Yes, report it to the council first, and photograph everything before it moves. If there is anything in the pile identifying who dumped it, and there very often is, that is evidence. Reporting also matters if it becomes a repeat problem, because a pattern is what gets enforcement action.
How fast can you come out?
Same day where we can. Speed genuinely matters with fly tipping because one dumped sofa attracts three more within a fortnight. An empty corner stays empty. A corner with something in it becomes a tip.
Can you do it as a regular arrangement for a managed site?
Yes. We do this for landlords, housing managers and site managers across the Midlands, either on call or on a fixed day each week.
Will you take anything that is in the pile?
Almost. The exception is asbestos, chemicals, oils, gas bottles and clinical waste, which need a different licence. Fly tipped piles do sometimes contain those, which is another reason to photograph before touching. Tell us what you can see and we will tell you straight what we can take.
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Go on then.
Feed the monster.
One message and it is somebody else’s problem. Free quote, fixed price, and it could be gone today.