waste crime

Public Accounts Committee claims Environment Agency and Natural England do not have powers and resources required to combat illegal waste dumping and sewage spills

Defra moves to establish zero-tolerance policy on illegal waste, as government threatens to confiscate fly tippers' driving licenses

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

Defra unveils plans to beef up response to waste crime through the roll out of cutting edge technologies

Chancellor moves to prevent gap between two rates of Landfill tax getting any wider, rather than creating single rate

Police, Environment Agency and the government all criticised by House of Lords committee over ongoing failure to get to grips with organised waste crime and illegal dumping that is estimated to cost the UK taxpayer £1bn a year

New unit will be tasked with carrying out financial investigations targeted at the waste sector

Defra confirms new legislation will lift the limit on civil monetary penalties that can be handed out by environmental agencies

Industry survey reveals widespread fears that waste regulations are being routinely breached by criminal gangs

Environmental Investigations Agency alleges farmers, regulators, and voluntary initiatives are failing to stamp out illegal burning, burying, and exporting of toxic plastic waste