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Fly-tipping more than doubled in Brighton and Hove when household waste sites closed temporarily, the city council has been told.

A report to be discussed by the council’s environment, transport and sustainability committee on 29 September, shows there was a 117% increase in fly-tipping during lockdown.

Between 17 March and 31 July, Cityclean recorded 680 tonnes of fly-tipped rubbish across the city. During the same period in 2019, the recorded figure was 313 tonnes.

The city's two household waste and recycling sites closed in late March and reopened on 18 May with reduced capacity.

However in July fly-tipping rates were still almost double those of 2019, increasing from 73 tonnes to 141 tonnes in 2020.

Street sweeping and litter saw an increase of 8%, rising from 1,300 tonnes between March to July in 2019 to 1,407 tonnes for the same period in 2020.