{"id":501537,"date":"2026-02-26T20:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501537\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:25:16","slug":"fly-tipping-across-england-reaches-record-high-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501537\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly-tipping across England reaches record high | Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fly-tipping incidents across England<\/a> have reached the highest level since current records began, with most offences continuing to involve household waste.<\/p>\n

In 2024-25, 1.26m fly-tipping incidents were recorded by local authorities, an increase of 9% on the 1.15m reported in the year before, according to data<\/a> released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

This data does not include the 98 incidents of large-scale<\/a>, illegal dumping dealt with by the Environment Agency, or those cleared by private landowners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese figures show the equivalent of 142 monster landfills a day took place,\u201d said Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for environment, food and rural affairs.<\/p>\n

Despite a rise in fly-tipping, the data also reveals that the number of court fines decreased, from 1,378 down to 1,250, with only 0.2% of incidents resulting in any court action. Furthermore, only 139 offending vehicles were seized over the past year.<\/p>\n

In response to the figures, the government released fresh guidance for local authorities advising on how to seize and crush vehicles used in fly-tipping offences, and suggesting criminals should be \u201cnamed and shamed\u201d by councils on social media.<\/p>\n

Almost two out of three incidents, a total of 777,000, involved household waste, an increase of 13% from the 688,000 incidents reported in 2023-24. This includes material from house clearances, old furniture, carpets and the waste from small-scale DIY projects.<\/p>\n

Most incidents occurred on pavements and roads, accounting for 37% of fly-tipping.<\/p>\n

Incidents equivalent to the size of a \u201csmall van load\u201d made up 31% of the total, while the second most common were those equating to the size of a \u201ccar boot or less\u201d, at 27%.<\/p>\n

One in 20 incidents were of \u201ctipper lorry load\u201d-size or greater, an increase of 11% compared with the previous year. The cost of clearing this rubbish was \u00a319.3m, a \u00a36.2m increase on 2023-24.<\/p>\n

John Read, the founder of the campaign group Clean Up Britain, said: \u201cToday\u2019s fly-tipping stats are further evidence of the national epidemic we\u2019re facing in England, and indeed the whole of the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be effective, we have to create real jeopardy and fear in the minds of fly-tippers. The cost \u2013 and risk \u2013 of \u2018doing business\u2019 has to become too exorbitant for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The circular economy minister, Mary Creagh, said: \u201cWe are empowering local authorities to clamp down on waste cowboys and restore pride in our local areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cFly-tippers should know \u2013 if you use your van to trash our countryside, don\u2019t be surprised when it ends up on the scrapheap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gavin Lane, the president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), said: \u201cIt\u2019s not just litter blotting the landscape, but tonnes of household and commercial waste which can often be hazardous \u2013 even including asbestos and chemicals \u2013 endangering wildlife, livestock, crops and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fly-tipping incidents across England have reached the highest level since current records began, with most offences continuing to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-501537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}