A council which has installed CCTV cameras in fly-tipping hotspots says crime “continues to be a problem” around the city.
Peterborough City Council will meet on Wednesday to discuss the establishment of a cross-sectoral flight tips taskforce.
The group would look at ways to combat the problem, review the council’s progress so far and look at new ways to reduce dumped waste.
A Report published before the meeting said there had been a 19% increase in recorded crimes since 2017.
The council said it had issued 66 fines for fly-tipping since April 2024 and prepared 18 cases for trial.
During this time, the municipality’s contractor collected 1,492 tonnes of rubbish.
In May, the council was awarded £50,000 by the government to target hotspots and installed cameras to help with its enforcement actions.
It also ran a social media campaign focusing on the responsibility of residents to ensure that those they hire to remove waste are operating legally.
The report said the new task force would have one member from each political group and one member representing rural areas, where fly-tipping could be a bigger issue.
It would gather evidence from “key witnesses”, review the council’s current operations and look at other areas of the UK where they have been successful in tackling the problem.
