I had a classic Fly Tipping experience when the Hairdressers at the shop next to one we rented reported us to the council for fly tipping behind their shop. We did not have bins at that unit, we did a weekly van runs to bins on another site (not enough waste to justify expense) so knew it was not us.

So I arranged a meeting with the council at the shop. They went next door and the owners showed them the waste we had been dumping and whilst I was amazed, the council chap was lost for words. As I said above their unit was a hair salon and most of the waste was empty product bottles. A little more investigation and they found invoices/ delivery notes with their names/addresses on.

The council told me that they would be investigating further but not to expect any action to be taken against us. We had a letter a few days later confirming that we should disregard the previous letter since their investigation had led them to an alternative source of the waste.

I once tried to trace a vehicle involved in a hit and run that left part of its plastic bumper behind. The part number on it revealed the make, model and year. The colour was obvious. Despite wandering the surrounding area I drew a blank.