Fly-tipping fines in Leicester: how to check a waste carrier
If you pay someone to take your rubbish and they dump it, you can be fined. Here's how fly-tipping fines work in Leicester, and how to make sure the person taking your waste is legal.
- Leicester recorded over 7,000 fly-tipping incidents in 2022/23
- Leicester's fly-tipping fine was £400 (£280 if paid early) in early 2025
- You have a legal duty of care to give your waste to a licensed carrier
- Councils can fine householders up to £600 if they don't
- Check the waste carrier register before you pay anyone
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Fines in Leicester
Leicester had 7,016 fly-tipping incidents in 2022/23, far more per person than the Leicestershire districts around it (though fewer than Nottingham), down from almost 10,000 two years earlier. The council uses CCTV, investigations and fixed penalty notices. A January 2025 council report put Leicester's fly-tipping fixed penalty at £400, reduced to £280 for early payment. Since 2023, the law has let councils in England set fly-tipping fines of up to £1,000, so check the council's current rate. Serious cases go to court, where fines are unlimited.
The council also warns students and residents that rubbish or bins left on the street can mean a £400 fine. See student move-out rubbish.
Your duty of care
By law, householders must take reasonable steps to make sure their waste goes to someone authorised to take it. If you hand it to an unlicensed "man with a van" and it ends up dumped, councils in England can give you a fixed penalty of up to £600, or take you to court.
How to check a waste carrier
- Ask for their waste carrier registration number
- Check it on the government's public register of waste carriers (search "check waste carrier registration" on GOV.UK)
- Make sure the name and details match the person or business you're paying
- Ask where your waste is going
- Get a receipt or waste transfer note with their details
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Warning signs
- A price that's far cheaper than everyone else
- Cash only, and no receipt
- No registration number, or they get vague when you ask
- Adverts on social media with just a mobile number
- An unmarked van
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