Eastbourne fly-tipping figures see big increase in data revealed by Defra

Overall the data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows that incidents of fly-tipping on public land has increased by 16 per cent in 2020/21 across England.

Looking into the figures it was revealed there were a total of 919 incidents of fly-tipping in Eastbourne in 2020/21 that were reported to the local authority, that’s a 75 per cent rise when compared with figures in 2019/20.

Across England, councils dealt with 1.13 million fly-tipping incidents during this period because recycling centres shut during the pandemic and enforcement staff in many areas were furloughed.