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The Lord Bishop of St Albans writes in PoliticsHome.com to raise awareness of the effects of fly-tipping on the British countryside. He notes that incidents of fly-tipping rose by 43% last year, up from the near 1 million recorded...
Telford in Shropshire has been found to be England’s biggest fly-tipping hotspots with an average eight incidents per day, according to the Shropshire Star. Last year, £320,000 was spent on clearing up fly-tipped rubbish across Shropshire. One incident in...
More than £300,000 is now available for community projects that get tough on litter, the government has announced. Further information on the Litter Innovation Fund is available on the WRAP website . The first round of funding saw...
Defra secretary Michael Gove has announced plans to beef up the government fight against illegally dumped waste – much of it in the countryside. A call for evidence launched on Sunday (10 June) will enable people to have their say...
New powers are helping to combat the illegal dumping of waste in the countryside, says the Environment Agency. It comes after a 200-tonne tipper lorry linked to illegal waste activity across the West Midlands was seized and crushed by...
Innovative community projects to tackle litter louts have been awarded government funding. Councils, charities, businesses, and public projects were granted almost £125,000 to take tackle littering in their communities. The funding builds on the government’s wider...
The government has unveiled new powers to tackle fly-tipping and plans to combat the dumping of illegal waste. New powers will be granted for the Environment Agency to tackle waste crime, said Defra on Monday (15 January). Meanwhile,...
Fly-tipping incidents have soared by 7% over the past year – excluding the number of cases on private land. For the 2016/17 year, local authorities in England dealt with around 1 million (1,002,000) fly-tipping incidents, according to ...
Rural campaigners say seizing vehicles must become the default penalty for fly-tipping in the countryside. New proposals on dealing with fly-tipping were outlined by the Country Land and Business Association. It said the August Bank Holiday weekend coincided...
Government plans to tackle the scourge of fly-tipping are a missed opportunity, rural leaders have warned. Published earlier this month, the government's Litter Strategy for England intends to curb illegal rubbish dumping. It includes proposals for new enforcement,...
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