“Where we currently stand we are about 54 per cent up on the same period last year.
“And as a result 2021 will be highest level of fly-tipping on record since 2012, which is really disappointing given that in 2019 we had he second lowest annual total reported for the Partnership.
“It’s a situation that’s replicated in other parts of the country, but there are others that have seen an overall reduction during the pandemic.”
According to the data more than 40 per cent of the fly-tipping incidents reported this year have been in Welwyn Hatfield or in Stevenage.
The monthly average of fly-tipping incidents in Welwyn Hatfield so far this year (2020/21) is 387, according to the data.