Fly Tipping

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Dear Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council,

Building upon the Freedom of Information request that was submitted by a Mr Syeed Ali Ismail on the 11th July 2016. I require the following information:

• Total number of reports of fly tipping for the period April 2015 to December 2016.

Broken down into month by month.

• Total fly tipping tonnage and the cost to Bolton Council for the period April 2015 to December 2016 to tackle and remove the reported and non-reported fly tipped waste.

Broken down into month by month in both tonnage and cost.

• Total litter tonnage and the cost to Bolton Council for the period April 2015 to December 2016 to tackle and remove, this also includes volunteer and community groups.

Broken down into month by month in both tonnage, and cost.

If the statistics are not available, what has caused the change in the way they are gathered and when was this implemented?

Yours faithfully,

Warren Fox

Corporate Information Unit, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Fox

 

Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Further to your request for information received on 16th January 2017
please see the Council's response below:-

 

You requested

 

•           Total number of reports of fly tipping for the period April
2015 to December 2016.

 

Broken down into month by month.

 

Apr-15 384
May-15 256
Jun-15 246
Jul-15 237
Aug-15 243
Sep-15 296
Oct-15 257
Nov-15 204
Dec-15 207
Jan-16 213
Feb-16 119
Mar-16 223
Apr-16 176
May-16 123
Jun-16 176
Jul-16 180
Aug-16 166
Sep-16 213
Oct-16 143
Nov-16 170
Dec-16 142

 

Please note the above figures are the number of reported fly tips taken
from our Lagan system which have been reported via access Bolton. Please
note we don’t hold on to record of those reported directly to
Neighbourhood Services via email or Apps.

 

•           Total fly tipping tonnage and the cost to Bolton Council for
the period April 2015 to December 2016 to tackle and remove the reported
and non-reported fly tipped waste.

 

Broken down into month by month in both tonnage and cost.

 

This information is not held as vehicles presenting a the tip can have a
mix of fly tipped material, litter, waste from litter bins and grounds
maintenance waste and therefore we are unable to provide tonnage figures
specifically for fly tipping.

 

•           Total litter tonnage and the cost to Bolton Council for the
period April 2015 to December 2016 to tackle and remove, this also
includes volunteer and community groups.

 

Broken down into month by month in both tonnage, and cost.

 

For the reason explained above we this information is not held.

 

Should you disagree with our decision, you may appeal to:

 

The Borough Solicitor, Bolton Council, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU

 

Should you further disagree with the decision following the appeal you may
wish to contact the Information Commissioner:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF

[1]www.ico.gov.uk

Tel: 01625 545700, Fax: 01625 524510

 

Should you have any queries, please contact [2][email address]

 

Yours sincerely

 

Strategy & Business Development Officer

Finance and Business Development

Department of Place

3^rd Floor, Town Hall

Bolton, BL1 1RU

 

 

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