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• Illegal dumping can often involve hazardous wastes,
which can cause serious harm to human health or
pollute the environment.
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What are the costs of fly-tipping
Over one million incidents of fly-tipping were recorded on
the Flycapture database in 2004/2005, (an average of over
88,500 a month) costing local authorities in excess of
£44m to clear up. Not all fly-tips are recorded however,
so the real cost of the problem could therefore be well in
excess of £100m. A large number of these incidents are
single black bin bags that have been fly-tipped, or left
out, outside the relevant collection times required by the
local authority. It is estimated that the clear up and
disposal cost of single items is costing authorities around
£9.2m a year. However a single bag, if left, would attract
other waste/litter and problems associated with rats,
foxes and gulls.
What are the fly-tipping laws
Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
Sets out the need for waste carriers to register with the
Environment Agency and gives the Agency and authorised
officers of a Waste Collection Authority power to seize
vehicles used for fly-tipping.
FLY-TIPPING
Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003
Subsections of this Act amend the Control of Pollution
(Amendment) Act 1989 to give waste collection
authorities in England and Wales the powers to stop,
search and (after issue of a warrant) seize a vehicle they
suspect of being used for the unlawful deposit of waste.
Environmental Protection Act 1990, s.33 (Part II)
A fly-tipping offence has been committed if:
• A person has deposited/knowingly caused/knowingly
permitted the dumping of household, commercial or
industrial waste in or on land that does not have a
waste management licence or that is not in
accordance with a waste management licence.
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