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Gateshead fly-tip fine tops £1,500 as council reveals shocking clean-up costs
A court conviction and a separate waste clearance highlight the price of illegal dumping. Find out how much Gateshead says fly-tipping costs taxpayers each year.
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00:00A Gateshead woman has been ordered to pay £1,522 after being convicted for carrying out
00:08illegal fly-tipping close to Gateshead International Stadium. The partially burnt
00:14waste was found on Tyne Main Road in July 2025. Gateshead Council says that its investigation
00:21linked the waste they found to TBS scrap removal, advertised on Facebook as Talia Tales.
00:27Tyler Barbara Bradford denied any involvement when she was interviewed under caution. She failed to
00:33attend the second day of the court hearing and she was then convicted in her absence.
00:38Fly-tipping costs Gateshead around £400,000 a year, the council has said.

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