'Not a victimless crime': Annual fly-tipping incidents rise to over 1.2 million in England

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New government guidance encourages local authorities to seize and crush vehicles used to dump waste while also naming and shaming the criminals online

Councils across England dealt with 1.26 million fly-tipping incidents in 2024/2025, marking a nine per cent increase on the year before, the latest annual government statistics show. However, the government...

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