N.Ireland
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said she is “deeply alarmed” by "the illegal dumping of animal carcasses” across Northern Ireland.
Environment
Under new proposals, local authorities would get the power to issue fly-tippers with 'conditional cautions' instead of being taken to court
Rural Life
Waste crime costs the economy £1 billion every year, with the networks behind this criminality causing harm to communities and environment
The CLA has called for measures to tackle fly-tipping as the latest figures show that councils dealt with 1.26 million illegal incidents in 2024/25.
NFU county adviser, Emma Hamer, has claimed that Worcestershire farms have become increasingly inundated with illegal fly-tipping activity
Agri-Business
A man has been arrested in connection organised waste crime through large-scale fly-tipping across rural areas in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex.
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has found a "large disparity" in rural crime team...
New rules ringfencing the money raised from penalties for fly-tipping to be spent on local clean-ups come into force from tomorrow (April 1),
Recent incidences of fly-tipping on farms in north and east Hertfordshire meant they were "blighted by tonnes of rubbish"...
Fly-tipping offences in Scotland are now punishable by on-the-spot fines of £500 as new...
West Oxfordshire District Council has said it will increase fixed penalty notices to the maximum allowed to crack down on fly-tipping.
The maximum amount that people caught fly-tipping could be fined in a fixed-notice penalty has been increased from £400 to £1,000.
According to the National Waste Crime Survey 2023, 18% of all waste is illegally managed. This figure remains unchanged from the 2021 survey.
The UK government has announced £775,000 in grant money for councils to help them combat fly-tipping.
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has said that the increasing incidences of...
Government
The Public Accounts Commitee (PAC) has concluded that progress by Defra in tackling waste crime has been "slow and piecemeal".
Wiltshire Council prosecuted Nicholas Farmer of Camelot Close, Andover, after he pleaded guilty to fly-tipping and other offences.
A van linked to fly-tipping illegally dumped waste across London has been seized and crushed by the Environment Agency.
A man rang police demanding they return his van, which was caught being used for fly-tipping at a...
Other
A fly-tipper from Torquay, Devon who failed to clear the waste that he dumped by a court-given deadline has appeared in court for contempt.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced new measures to crack down on fly-tipping across the country.
Minister Jo Churchill has today unveiled new plans to crackdown on waste crime, i.e. fly-tipping and illegal waste exports.
The Scottish government have opened a public consultation for people to share their thoughts on proposed measures to prevent litter and fly-tipping.
