Fly-tipping: England sees more than 1m incidents in year

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Fly-tipping: England sees more than 1m incidents in year
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Those responsible are said to be 'spreading misery' and harming England's environment.

Sarah Lee, director of policy and campaigns at the Countryside Alliance, said: "These figures continue to show the shocking level of fly-tipping in this country and the impact that it has on our countryside, villages and towns is abhorrent.

Only 4% of incidents were the size of a tipper lorry load or larger. But those larger examples cost English local authorities £10.7m.At 32%, almost one third of fly-tipping was the size of a small van load, while just over one quarter was a car boot or less. Councillor David Renard, environment spokesperson, said: "Councils are working tirelessly to counter the thousands of incidents every year and are determined to crack down on the problem so it is good to see that the number of enforcement actions has increased.

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