Environmental enforcement
Welcome to the Environmental enforcement section of the Middlesbrough Council website. Within this section you can find out what the law says about litter , waste, fly tipping and other types of environmental crime, and all the enforcement work we do to help keep Middlesbrough clean, green and safe.
- Litter
- Fly tipping
- The waste duty of care
- Getting rid of household waste
- Illegal storage, treatment and disposal of waste
- Transporting waste
- Clearing dumped waste from land
- Litter on the street
- Chewing gum
- Litter clearing notices
- Fly posting
- Abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys
- Distribution of free printed matter
- Fixed penalty notices
Litter on the street
Certain kinds of businesses are associated with large amounts of litter on the street, particularly take-aways and shops selling food and drink. Where such litter is a significant problem Middlesbrough Council can take action by serving a "street litter control notice" on the person running the premises. The notice allows Middlesbrough Council to set rules for keeping all land within 100 metres of the front of the premises free of litter.It is an offence to fail to comply with a street litter control notice, and the maximum fine is £2,500 in Court. Prosecution can be avoided by paying a fixed penalty of £110, falling to £60 if paid within 10 days.