If you haven’t already seen it, Southwark Liberal Democrats run a photo blog called #CleanUpSouthwark, which we bill as “A hit parade of flytipping in Southwark”. We’ve uploaded a few new pictures in the last week. The blog was set up after damning figures showing that flytipping in the borough has TRIPLED since Labour took […]

Southwark Council refuse collectors have seemingly been caught fly-tipping the streets they are supposed to be cleaning up. A video shot by a resident at Stephenson Crescent, South Bermondsey, seems to show council workmen putting boxes onto an existing pile of rubbish next to a bin storage area, rather than taking it away. Local councillor […]

A new website has been launched to capture fly-tipping in Southwark – and it wants your photos of dumped rubbish! The Clean Up Southwark! blog, set up by local Liberal Democrats, publishes pictures sent in by residents of unwanted junk cluttering up our streets. It aims to highlight the problem of fly-tipping in the borough, […]

Fly-tipping has almost TRIPLED in the borough since Labour took control in 2010, according to new figures. An average of 2,191 fly-tipping reports have been made each month this year, up from 763 in 2010/11 and 1,402 in 2011/12. It marks a 187% rise since May 2010 when Labour gained control of the council. The […]

Fly-tipping has become a real problem in Southwark, according to the number of incidents being reported to local Liberal Democrat councillors. Councillors regularly deal with fly-tipping and dirty streets as part of their work representing residents in their wards. But councillors have reported a significant rise in the number of fly-tipping hot-spots in the two […]