Today, we’re launching our most ambitious campaign yet, and we need your support to make it happen.
We’re raising £100,000 to install 200 hidden enforcement cameras and warning signage in fly-tipping hotspots across Britain. Cameras that catch offenders in the act, gather prosecution-ready evidence, and deter illegal dumping for good.
Here’s why this matters, and why we’re asking for your help.
The problem
Fly-tipping and litter are blighting communities across Britain, and the system meant to stop it is broken.
In 2023/24, councils dealt with 1.15 million fly-tipping incidents, a 6% rise on the previous year. That’s the equivalent of one fly-tip reported every 27 seconds. 60% involves household waste: mattresses, sofas, bin bags, construction rubble, dumped on roadsides, in country lanes, on farmland, and in residential streets.
The cost to taxpayers is staggering. Litter and fly-tips cost over £1 billion a year to clean up. But the true cost, including investigations and the toll on communities forced to live with it, runs far higher.
And yet enforcement is failing.
Our own Freedom of Information research, covering 382 UK councils, reveals just how broken the system is:
- Over half of fines go unpaid. Of 26,624 Fixed Penalty Notices issued for fly-tipping, only 12,961 were paid, a rate of just 48.7%. That’s £9.3 million in lost revenue, more than the £8.5 million collected.
- Prison is almost unheard of. Of 1,531 court prosecutions, just 18 resulted in a custodial sentence, only 1.2%.
The message to fly-tippers is clear: the chances of being caught are low, the chances of being punished are lower, and the chances of facing any serious consequences are almost zero.
They know where to dump. They know when to dump. And they know they’ll probably get away with it.
Where your money goes
Every pound raised goes directly towards equipment and deployment:
- Enforcement cameras, covert, motion-activated units with day/night capability
- Warning signage, visible deterrent signs for installation at hotspot sites
- Installation and deployment, working with councils and concerned citizens to position cameras in priority locations
- Ongoing coordination, ensuring footage is reviewed and passed to councils for enforcement action
We’re a lean organisation. No bloated overheads. Just cameras in the ground, catching fly-tippers.
Why this matters
Fly-tipping isn’t just unsightly. It’s a public health risk, attracting vermin and leaching pollutants into soil and waterways. It damages property values, undermines community pride, and places a growing financial burden on councils already stretched to breaking point. It is a waste of taxpayers’ money.
Farmers are forced to clear dumped waste from their land at their own expense, sometimes costing tens of thousands of pounds. Rural communities see their lanes and beauty spots turned into dumping grounds. Urban neighbourhoods are left to live alongside rotting mattresses and overflowing bin bags.
The people who do this know they can get away with it.
We want to change that.
Help us catch fly-tippers
With your support, we can put more eyes where they’re needed most, in the hotspots councils can’t afford to monitor, in the country lanes where fly-tippers think nobody’s watching, and in the communities that have been let down by a failing enforcement system.
£100,000. 200 cameras. Real consequences for lawbreakers.
Whether you can give £5 or £500, every donation brings us closer to a country where illegal dumping has real consequences. And if you can’t donate right now, please share the campaign. The more people who see it, the more cameras we can fund.
Let’s catch them in the act.
