Rural Life
Worcestershire farms increasingly blighted by fly-tipping - NFU
Worcestershire farms have become increasingly inundated with illegal fly-tipping activity, which NFU county adviser, Emma Hamer, has claimed, warrants a...
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Environment
Money from fly-tipping fines to be ringfenced for local clean-ups
New rules ringfencing the money raised from fixed penalty notices for fly-tipping and littering to be spent on local clean-up...
Environment
West Oxfordshire Council to increase fly-tipping penalties
West Oxfordshire District Council has said it will increase fixed penalty notices to the maximum allowed by the government to...
Environment
Increased fines for people caught fly-tipping
The maximum amount that people caught fly-tipping could be fined in a fixed-notice penalty has been increased from £400 to...
Environment
£775k in grants to help councils combat fly-tipping
The UK government has announced £775,000 in grant money for councils to help them combat fly-tipping. Environment Minister Rebecca Pow...
Environment
Fly-tipping stats fail to include incidences on 'private rural land' - CLA
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has said that the increasing incidences of fly-tipping on “private rural land” were...
Environment
Truck used for fly-tipping crushed by Environment Agency
A tipper truck linked to fly-tipping illegally dumped waste across London has been seized and crushed by the Environment Agency....
Rural Life
Man rang police demanding they return his van after fly-tipping
A man rang police demanding they return his van, which was caught being used for fly-tipping at a beauty spot...
Government
New measures to crack down on fly-tipping
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced new measures to crack down on fly-tipping across the...
Rural Life
New plans to crackdown on fly-tipping unveiled
Environment Minister Jo Churchill has today (Friday, January 21) unveiled new plans to crackdown on waste crime, i.e. fly-tipping and...
Government
Views sought on fly-tipping prevention measures in Scotland
The Scottish government have opened a public consultation for people to share their thoughts on proposed measures to prevent litter...
Rural Life
Tougher fines needed to crack down on fly-tipping - CLA
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), together with over 150 local authorities and 10 professional bodies, is calling on...
Rural Life
'Alarming' fly-tipping figures are 'just the tip of the iceberg' - CLA
Incidents of fly-tipping on public land have increased by 2% across England in 2019/2020, according to new figures released by...
Rural Life
NFU Scotland and SLE call for urgent action to be taken on fly-tipping
Small businesses and farmers are calling for urgent action on fly-tipping. That was the message from NFU Scotland (NFUS) and...
Rural Life
New partnership formed to combat fly-tipping in Scotland
Over the Covid-19 lockdown period, fly-tipping has remained a major cause of concern and anger to the rural communities of...
Environment
Rural bodies calls for Scottish government to clamp down on fly-tipping
Two of Scotland’s rural bodies have joined forces to write to Holyrood calling for a series of measures to stave...
Environment
Calls for councils to reopen recycling centres as fly-tipping continues
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has called on councils to reopen recycling centres, with incidences of fly-tipping said to be...
Environment
Calls for councils to reopen recycling centres as fly-tipping continues
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has called on councils to reopen recycling centres, with incidences of fly-tipping said to be...
