A new task force has been formed to tackle flytipping in Richmondshire and wider North Yorkshire.
Operation Eyeball brings together North Yorkshire Police with landowners and district and unitary councils will allow the sharing of intelligence and information to tackle the crime.
North Yorkshire County Council, Network Rail, the NFU and the Environment Agency, as landowners, are also involved along with Richmondshire District Council.
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North Yorkshire Police will be gathering and sharing intelligence around fly tipping hot spots, suspect vehicles and waste carriers.
Julia Mulligan, Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire, said: “Operation Eyeball is a wide ranging operation with a clear aim – to reduce fly tipping in North Yorkshire through an innovative approach.
“By bringing together organisations who are on the front line of the problem and have to deal with its consequences, we are taking an important first step to tackle it. I welcome the approach being taken by councils and would encourage anyone having to deal with fly tipping to get in touch with them.”
Supt Paula Booth, of North Yorkshire Police, said: “Fly-tipping is a selfish crime that blights local environments and spoils people’s enjoyment of our towns and countryside. It is a source of pollution, a potential danger to public health and a hazard to wildlife. It also undermines legitimate waste businesses who operate within the law.
“By working together, we can tackle this issue. We also need help from the public – if you find or witness fly-tipping, wherever it is, record as many details about the incident and the waste as you can, and report it to your local authority or via the gov.uk website. This will help the authorities take action against those responsible and stop them fly-tipping in the future.”
Cllr Tony Duff, Spokesperson for Richmondshire District Council, added: “Much of the flytipping we have in Richmondshire goes unreported as landowners deal with it themselves, especially in the rural areas.
“We hope this campaign will change that so we can identify the scale of the problem we have. The public are our eyes and ears and the more they can report issues to us the more we can do to tackle it. “
Anyone who witnesses fly tipping in the district should report it to Richmondshire District Council.
