UK fly-tipping has decreased by 13.5 per cent

The official statistics on fly-tipping in England in 2010-11, recorded and collected by Defra, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association, show: * Local authorities in England dealt with nearly 820,000 incidents of fly-tipping, a 13.5 per cent decrease from 2009-10. (Some of this reduction is due to changes in the reporting arrangements of some local authorities) * 63 per cent of fly-tips dealt with by local authorities involved household waste, 8 per cent commercial waste and a selection of categories where waste could be derived from either households or businesses e.g. construction, demolition and excavation waste, green waste, white goods, electrical items, tyres and asbestos. * 44 per cent of all fly-tips cleared by local authorities occurred on the highway. * Most fly-tips consisted of a small van load of material or less. * The estimated cost of clearance of illegally dumped waste reported by local authorities in this period was £41.3 million, a reduction of 9.8 per cent over 2009-10. * Local authorities carried out around 568,000 enforcement actions in 2010-11 to prevent, detect or enforce against fly-tipping at an estimated cost of £20.6 million. This is a 5.8 per cent increase in actions over 2009-10. * There were 2,400 prosecutions, of which 96 percent achieved a successful outcome. * A 9.8 per cent reduction in the amount local authorities had to spend on cleaning up mess left behind by fly-tippers (£41.3 million). * A 5.6 per cent increase in the cost of undertaking enforcement actions against fly-tippers (£20.6 million). Trade News Selected by Local Linkup