ILLEGAL dumpers are being caught in record numbers across Brisbane, with several Bayside suburbs featuring among the city’s worst locations.
More than 836 illegal dumping complaints have already been recorded this year, while Brisbane City Council has issued 853 infringement and warning notices as part of a city-wide crackdown.
The increased enforcement follows the rollout of additional surveillance cameras, new equipment and anillegal dumping collection truck.
Among Brisbane’s Bayside suburbs, Cannon Hill ranked fifth in the city for infringement and warning notices issued, with 38 notices recorded.
Chandler also featured in the top 10 with 19 notices.
The figures come as Council revealed a 235 per cent increase in the number of offenders identified and a 350 per cent improvement in response times for dumping requests.
A new dedicated collection truck has reduced the average clean-up response time from 18 days in 2025 to just four days in March this year.
Over the past 12 months, Council has added 25 covert cameras to its surveillance network, bringing the total number of cameras monitoring known dumping hotspots to more than 200.
Council is installing up to 125 more illegal dumping signs across Brisbane this year, including multilingual signage in Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, Hindi and Vietnamese.
The increased enforcement activity has generated more than $525,000 in fines, with funds reinvested into litter management programs.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said illegal dumping remained a costly problem for ratepayers.
“While most people do the right thing, there are some people in our city who sadly think they can put their old mattress to bed on the roadside, leave a lounge where it doesn’t belong or give a fridge the cold shoulder,” he said.
“People who dump rubbish in our suburbs are trashing the very lifestyle Brisbane residents value and it won’t be tolerated, with our cameras helping to catch them in the act.
“Illegal dumping costs around $500,000 to clean up every year. That’s money we’d much rather invest into parks, footpaths and road upgrades for our community.”
Suburbs recording the highest complaints were Moorooka, Sunnybank Hills, New Farm, Coorparoo, Forest Lake, Morningside, Carina, Runcorn, Sunnybank and Annerley.
