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Waste crime crackdown shuts 25 illegal sites a week

Fiona Harvey, the Guardian

14 October 2013 •

But number of successful prosecutions from illegal waste and fly-tipping down on year before, says Environment Agency

A crackdown on illegal waste and fly-tipping resulted in 1,279 unlicensed dumping sites being shut down in England last year - roughly 25 every week - according to figures published by the Environment...

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