Number plates used to track fly tippers

Number plates used to track fly tippers

Councils in the UK are turning to Automatic Number Plate Number Recognition (ANPR) systems in an attempt to stop the growing menace of fly tipping. The ANPR system is used to catch the number plates of people who are just dumping rubbish, instead of disposing of it in the proper manner.

A council in London have set up their ANPR system at the councils main rubbish dump; this is to prevent the dumping of trade waste at the domestic facility. The system uses a special piece of software that recognises the number plates of vehicles which have visited the site more than two times a day.

Once captured the number plate images can be used to track down the offenders who may be builders and people who charge to remove people’s unwanted waste such as furniture and other heavy items.

Harrow council who have installed this system at their main rubbish disposal dump at Forward Drive, believe that they could be losing up to £4,000 per month in lost fees. These fees would be come from the councils own trade waste disposal services, but sometimes people try to reduce their costs.

Jerry Hickman, the council's head of public realm services, said: "Of course, we understand that sometimes householders might need to make a number of visits in one day - if they're clearing a garage, for example.

"But we will be watching for people who just want to dodge the proper payments for trade waste as that is ultimately cheating the council tax payers of Harrow."

Source [Harrow Observer]

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