BRADFORD Council's fight against fly-tipping and waste crime has been recognised by a regional environmental organisation.
The Yorkshire and Humber Environmental Enforcement Group presented the Council with a certificate, after the local authority issued 380 legal notices to tackle waste crime in 2018-2019.
Since April 2016, Bradford Council has carried out 93 prosecutions for waste offences.
The Council's Enforcement Officers use measures such as prosecution through courts, issuing fixed penalty notices and using CCTV to tackle waste crime.
Councillor Sarah Ferriby, Bradford Council’s Executive Member for Healthy People and Places, said, “We are pleased that our efforts have been recognised and it shows once again we will not hesitate to take action to protect our local environment from criminal behaviour.
“Like all towns and cities nationally, Bradford suffers from the environmental blight caused by fly-tipping but we continue to do our best to tackle it using all the resources at our disposal and to try to change the way a minority of people behave.”
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