More than £250k invested to help tackle fly-tipping in Wolverhampton - here's how it will be spent
Wolverhampton Council has made a cash injection of more than £250,000 as it continues its fight against fly-tipping.
The additional £257,146 will be used to fund extra enforcement staff and six more security cameras, which will be placed at known hot spots across Wolverhampton.
The council said officers have been working hard to tackle the issue of fly-tipping, a problem which affects neighbourhoods across the Black Country and beyond, and more action is now being planned with the latest funding adding to the enforcement powers already in use by the council’s environmental crime team.
Officers currently use CCTV cameras, criminal prosecutions, a drone, vehicle crushing, fines of £1,000 and the city’s successful Shop a Tipper scheme to combat the problem.
In the last year alone, its environmental crime team issued 57, £1,000 fixed penalties and undertook 17 prosecutions for fly-tipping and related offences.
Five warrants were issued for arrests, six vehicles were seized and a further six cases have been submitted to legal services to be heard in 2026, with the latest published statistics from Defra showing that while fly-tipping is on the rise nationally, incidents are reducing in Wolverhampton.
Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal, cabinet member for resident services at Wolverhampton Council, said: “Fly-tipping is an absolute scourge on our city and this additional investment underlines how seriously we take this crime.
“We are proud of the successful work already being done to tackle this behaviour, and this extra funding will strengthen our enforcement activity even further, helping us identify offenders, take action against them and protect our communities.
“There is simply no excuse to illegally dump rubbish - in Wolverhampton, or anywhere. Fly-tipping is thoughtless, unhygienic and has a real impact on residents, businesses and the environment.
“We always welcome information from the public to help us track down those responsible, and we will continue to use every power available to us to hold offenders to account.”
The funding is included in the council’s 2026 to 2027 budget which is set to be formally approved at Wednesday’s meeting of the full council.
Council leaders have said the budget will “invest in what matters most to residents” as well as delivering essential public services.
Councillor Gakhal said: “Thanks to our track record of managing our money well, combined with a positive financial settlement from Government, we’ve been able to agree this additional money and invest in other priority areas for our residents.”
Under the council’s Shop a Tipper campaign, anyone suspected of dumping rubbish will have their images shared to appeal for information to help identify them.
If the information provided leads to successful identification, and fixed penalty notices are issued and paid or a prosecution takes place, residents receive a £100 Enjoy Wolverhampton Gift Card.
