Volunteers wanted to help record the level of fly-tipping on private land

As part of its work with the National Fly Tipping Prevention Group, Defra is recruiting volunteers to help with a project to improve information on fly-tipping. Volunteers will be asked to download the 'FlyMapper App' to their phones and use it to record fly-tipping incidents. 'FlyMapper' is a web and mobile application that is already extensively used by Scottish and Welsh Governments to capture, manage and analyse fly-tipping. For the Defra project, incidents can be recorded in any location within England, although there is a particular interest in understanding activity happening on privately owned land.

Volunteers will be helping the Government to improve understanding of the scale of the burden that fly-tipping imposes on landowners and the results will inform policy and practical interventions to better deal with the problem.

So, are you tech savvy? Do you have an Android and iOS devices that are no more than 3 years old? Would you be able to record incidents of fly-tipping in the countryside? Then please register your interest to [email protected]