The National Fly-tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) is a group of organisations working with a common aim to help prevent and tackle fly-tipping through influencing, advising and raising awareness about the anti social nature and potential health and environmental damage fly-tipping can cause.

What we are aiming for:

• To gain a better understanding of social behaviours and why people fly-tip. Use the intelligence obtained to influence others away from fly-tipping and use in campaign work.
• To continue to improve the evidence base for fly-tipping crime through collation and use of data.
• To improve partnership work in tackling fly-tipping.
• To influence and make links with Devolved Administrations. Learn, share and promote outputs.
• To influence and support fly-tipping research projects.
• To influence the development of Government policy and legislation.
• To improve communications and publicity - bigger and more timely campaigns, build upon existing events, plan and prioritise which future events programmes would be of value and good vehicles for our messages.
• To develop the content and promote the NFTPG website as the key source of information for those affected by fly-tipping and a source of best practice for local authorities.
• To raise the profile of fly-tipping through the legal system.

• NFTPG Meetings are held every 3 months
• The meetings are chaired by Defra
• The Secretariat is provided by Defra

Membership criteria

• National representation
• Commitment to attend meetings
• Commitment to participate in work programmes

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