Dumped rubbish left on Beachcroft Avenue in Southall for a week, resident says

A large pile of dumped rubbish was left on Beachcroft Avenue in Southall for about a week, according to a resident who sent footage of it to UB1UB2.

The footage was filmed at about 10am on Friday 16 October. It shows a heap of black bin liners, split bags and cardboard on the pavement, with a wooden pallet on top and bags spilling into the road. Cars are parked along both sides of the street.

The resident said the rubbish had not been collected in that time and that more kept being added to the pile. Ealing Council has not said publicly whether the waste had been reported or when it was cleared.

Sharp rise in reported fly-tipping

The dumping on Beachcroft Avenue comes as fly-tipping figures for the borough have risen sharply. Figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) show that Ealing recorded 25,394 fly-tipping incidents in 2024/25, up from 16,828 the year before. That is a rise of more than 50 per cent.

The figures place Ealing among the worst-affected boroughs in London and in England. Defra published its national fly-tipping statistics for 2024 to 2025 on 25 February 2026, based on incidents reported by local councils.

Ealing Council has said part of the rise is because more people are reporting fly-tipping, so more incidents are being recorded.

The council has said it spends around £3 million a year clearing illegally dumped waste. It has said that money could otherwise go on frontline services.

How the council is responding

Rubbish and recycling in the borough is handled by Greener Ealing Ltd, the council's own contractor. The council says it clears 98 per cent of reported fly-tips within two working days.

In recent months the council has stepped up enforcement. It has launched a webpage showing videos of people caught fly-tipping and asked the public to help identify them. In April 2026 it said it had sent uniformed patrol officers across the borough to tackle the problem.

As part of that work, the council said officers had visited more than 20 businesses suspected of breaking waste disposal rules, and several faced enforcement action. It said extra CCTV cameras at hotspots had captured more than 160 fly-tipping incidents.

The council has also said it takes a zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping and hands out more fines for it than any other London borough.

How to report fly-tipping

Residents who find dumped rubbish on their street can report it to Ealing Council through the council's website. Reporting it puts the waste on record so it can be cleared. Useful details include the exact location, what has been dumped and how long it has been there.

Householders are responsible for making sure their own waste is disposed of properly. If you pay someone to take rubbish away, check that they are a registered waste carrier. Waste traced back to a household can lead to a fine even if someone else dumped it.

Anyone who sees fly-tipping as it happens should note details such as a vehicle registration, if it is safe to do so, and pass them to the council.