Overview

• A Willesden magistrate ordered Wembley resident Naiffisa Leila Abbas to pay £4,600, including a £2,000 penalty for skipping his hearing, after hidden cameras recorded him dumping a bed and rubbish in Queensbury Park.
• Brent Council’s “Don’t Mess With Brent” campaign has added covert cameras and extra enforcement officers, driving a 30% surge in issued fines for illegal dumping.
• England saw 1.15 million reported fly-tipping incidents in 2023/24, the highest total in two decades, prompting Environment Secretary Steve Reed to promise tougher enforcement.
• Data show eight London boroughs rank among the top ten authorities for dumping, with Brent alone spending about £1.5 million annually on clean-up operations.
• Under the government’s Plan for Change, councils now have expanded powers to seize vehicles, impose heftier fines and pursue court action to combat waste crime.