Tyre tagging initiative launched to tackle illegal fly-tipping after surge in incidents
Police have joined forces with Smartwater to try and tackle the fly-tipping of tyres after a six per cent increase in incidents in the past year.
To help tackle illegal fly-tipping West Mercia Police has teamed up with Smartwater and nine local authorities to introduce ‘tyre tagging’.
The £10,000 initiative will see garages across West Mercia being given a kit to mark tyres scheduled for disposal, using an invisible but forensically traceable liquid.
Tagging tyres will allow authorities to easily trace any that are dumped back to the garage responsible for disposing them and help prevent garages from being targeted by organised criminals to illegally dispose of tyres.
Across West Mercia, 10,000 incidents of fly tipping were reported in 2021, an increase of 6 per cent on the previous year.
