Here today and gone tomorrow (or the day after)

We're having a little mini-wave of flytipping in Cotham at the moment - I called in a couple of piles earlier in the week (including the one on Ashgrove Road in the pic left) and I am aware of a couple of other instances that have been reported.

Hopefully needless to say, flytipping is illegal. The Council now routinely looks through what's been dumped to try to trace the culprit and they do often get caught and fined. CCTV cameras are also used. Let's just say that flytippers aren't always the brightest of bulbs...

Anyway, the Council have a policy of removing flytipping within 48 hours of it being reported. You can phone in to report it (9222100) or e-mail customer.services@bristol.gov.uk - experience tells me that phone is a more reliable way of getting action, for some reason.