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Dont mess with Brent

Dont Mess With Brent

A zero-tolerance approach to selfish fly-tippers and litterers

Residents take pride in their local spaces and would never dream of dumping their waste on our streets. Unfortunately, there is a small minority who are causing a huge amount of mess in Brent, which wastes over £1.5m of local taxpayers money on cleaning up the mess. 

 Caught on Camera: Can you help us identify these flagrant fly-tippers?

Zero-tolerance approach

We are taking a zero-tolerance approach to selfish fly-tippers and litterers as part of our Don’t Mess With Brent Campaign.

You can expect to see: 

More fines

From the end of May to the end of June we saw a 141% increase in the number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued for littering and fly-tipping.

Bigger fines

Our fines start at £500 and go up to the maximum we are legally allowed to issue at £1,000.

More enforcement officers

Since May we have had several new enforcement officers on our streets and in our parks giving out fines to those that are making Brent a mess.

We want to show fly-tippers that Brent will not accept its streets and green spaces being used as a dumping ground, but we want to continue to offer residents easy ways of getting rid of their rubbish.

Last updated 12/02/25