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Fly-tipping: Causes, Incentives and Solutions 4 Practice and capacity in waste authorities Two strands of work were conducted to assess current practice in waste collection and disposal authorities, and their state of readiness to develop more preventive interventions – the national survey of waste authorities, and detailed case study work in selected areas. This section describes the findings from both. 4.1 The Waste Authority survey In July 2005, a survey was distributed to all waste collection authorities (WCAs), waste disposal authorities (WDAs) and unitary authorities in England. Its aims were to: • gauge each authority’s specific fly-tipping problems; • understand the context in which each authority operates; • identify examples of good practice; and • inform the selection of suitable case studies for more detailed analysis and inclusion in a good practice guide Key findings from the survey are presented below. Full details of the survey, the questions asked and the responses received, are given in the appendix. Response rate In total 118 authorities returned the questionnaire representing a 29.9% response rate. Considering the survey’s complexity and its non-obligatory nature, the response rate was always expected to be low. This rate is comparable to the 38% response rate reported by Encams in its 2003 survey. Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1 depict the rate and geographical spread of the responses to the survey. Table 4.1: Waste authority survey response rates No. authorities responding Total in England Response Rate WCAs 83 274 30.3% Unitary authorities 21 80 26.3% Total Collection Authorities 104 354 29.4% WDAs 14 40 35.0% Total waste authorities 118 394 29.9% 39
Fly-tipping: Causes, Incentives and Solutions Figure 4.1: Distribution of waste collection/unitary authorities responding to the waste authority survey Perception of the problem How concentrated is it? Figure 4.2 compares local authority perceptions of fly-tipping problems in this survey compared to previous Encams surveys (1998, 2003). 40
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