South Norwood Tourist Board

Got officers onto the pictures you sent me which do look like they are on private land. I can assure you that if they were on the public foot way it would be cleared, if they are on private land officers will approach the landowners. We are clearing 88% of reported fly tips in 48 hours compared to only 3% last year so massive improvements are being made.

Clearly a sizeable minority of residents still don’t take pride so you will be pleased to hear 11 are up in court in March for messing with Croydon, two people already now have a criminal record for fly tipping so that will make a potential 13 end of March.Only 2 were previously prosecuted in the last four years.

You’ll also be pleased to hear that a leaflet will be delivered naming and shaming these individuals and I’ll ensure we deliver this in South Norwood around your fly tip hotspots to act as a deterrent.

Further to this recycling will be made easier for residents when they get green wheelie bins to replace their boxes in September , my intention is to review how this works and if things don’t improve, South Norwood is a priority area to consider the reintroduction of the weekly landfill collection.

Croydon Council is taking responsibility and doing all it can to educate residents, clear the mess some of them are making and to punish those that abuse our streets. I trust the SNTB support this approach