What is Illegal Dumping?
Illegal dumping is the disposal of waste generated at one location and disposed of at another location without legal permission. Illegal dumping is the disposal of trash, tires, yard waste, appliances and other waste materials, disposed of without the permission of the property owner and/or the City of Phoenix, in violation of the Phoenix City Code Chapter 27 Section 7. It is also known as "open dumping", "fly by dumping" and "mid night dumping".
Report Illegal Dumping.
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If dumping is in progress call:
Police Department at 911
Crime Stop at 602 262-6151
Otherwise, Contact Us at: 602 262-7251
Be able to answer these questions when reporting illegal dumping:
- What was dumped?
- Who was dumping?
- Have you seen this person or his/her vehicle before?
- Did the suspect have any tools?
- What was the suspect driving?
- How many people were involved?
- What were they doing?
- Where did they dump?
- Date of incident.
- Time of incident.
- Did you take any photographs?
