Resident slapped with hefty fine after shocking fly-tipping incident

A city centre resident has suffered a hefty fine after a shocking fly-tipping incident. The Beswick resident was caught out after dumping their unwanted items on Limebank Street - and hit with a £640 fine.

Manchester City Council hit out at the resident on Twitter, posting a picture of the fly-tipping alongside a reminder of how residents can use the council website to correctly dispose of waste.

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"Following a flytipping incident on Limebank Street in Beswick a resident has been fined a total of £640," the council wrote.

"Please ensure you dispose of your excess waste correctly and make use of the council website."

Beswick isn't the only place seeing a fly-tipping problem. Figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs reveal nearly 310,000 incidents of fly-tipping were recorded by councils across the North in 2020/21 - the equivalent of 35 every hour. That’s up 15% from fewer than 270,000 reports of illegally-dumped rubbish in 2019/20.

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