Fly-tippers could be working in “chain gangs” to clean up their rubbish, proposes Labour.
Steve Reed, the shadow justice secretary, will outline plans for offenders to be working with community teams.
Local authorities would manage them.
Labour says the current system of tackling a problem that blights the landscape has failed.
In 2019/20 there was 980,000 reports of tipping.
Latest figures have that sum at 1.13 million.
If Labour wins the next election, councils will be given the power and authority to use tippers to clean up.
In return, the tipper will avoid a fixed penalty notice.
One in 25 fly-tipping incidents involve a “tipper lorry load” of industrial or household waste.
There were more than 39,000 such incidents in 2020/21 – a rise of 16 per cent from 33,000 the previous year.
Councils fork out £11.6 million to clear up.
Mr Reed said: “Labour will introduce tougher penalties for fly-tippers and those who think it’s acceptable to dump their rubbish on our streets.
“We will establish clean up squads and require offenders to clear up litter, graffiti and vandalism.
“Those who cause the mess will clean up the mess.
“We need fresh thinking to tackle the scourge of anti-social behaviour to ensure that offenders are met with consequences”.