\n The fly-tip was found by a dog walker heading down Old Watling Street – between Markyate and Flamstead – yesterday afternoon (March 3).\n<\/p>\n
\n An image from the scene shows a significant amount of agricultural waste strewn across the road, in addition to sharp metal and glass.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Dacorum Borough Council told The Herts Advertiser it is aware of the fly-tip and it will be investigated and actioned “as soon as possible”.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our target is to inspect within three workings days and remove within a further seven days however we endeavour to carry out these actions more quickly wherever possible,” a spokesperson added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Read More:\n<\/p>\n
\n Fly-tipping is a serious criminal offence. A person convicted of fly-tipping could face a fine of up to \u00a350,000 and\/or 12 months imprisonment.\n<\/p>\n
\n In more serious cases a Crown Court may impose an unlimited fine and the prison term increases to five years.\n<\/p>\n
\n To find out more regarding the borough council’s process with fly-tipping or to report an incident visit https:\/\/www.dacorum.gov.uk\/home\/environment-street-care\/clean-safe-green\/flytipping\/report-fly-tipping<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fly-tip was found by a dog walker heading down Old Watling Street – between Markyate and Flamstead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-459267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}