Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice for littering, fly-tipping or a waste duty of care offence
We can issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for littering, fly-tipping and waste duty of care offences.
You will have either received the notice at the time of the offence, by post or by email and must pay it within 14 days.
About the legislation
Occupiers of domestic properties
As an occupier of a domestic property, you have a duty to take all reasonable measures available to you to ensure you only transfer household waste produced on your property to an authorised person.
If you have not and waste from your property ends up fly-tipped, we may issue a fixed penalty notice.
More detail on this duty of care is set out in section 5 of the Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice.
Businesses' duty to keep and provide documentation when requested
Businesses must keep a copy of the description of waste that they have transferred or received. How long you must keep the documents differs depending on a number of factors.
If you fail to provide the written description of waste, or a copy of it, when requested by one of our officers, we can issue a fixed penalty notice.
Find out more about requirements for businesses in section 3.6 of the Waste Duty of Care: Code of Practice.
How much you need to pay
You will need to pay:
- £300 for failure by a business to provide duty of care documents
- £500 for littering
- £600 for waste duty of care offences
- £1,000 for fly-tipping
Pay your fly-tipping / Duty of Care FPN
To pay, you will need:
- your Fixed Penalty Notice invoice number
- your customer account number
- a credit or debit card to make payment
Pay your Littering FPN
To pay, you will need:
- your Fixed Penalty Notice number
- a credit or debit card to make a payment
Enforcement policies
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