Fly-tipping incidents across England have reached the highest level since current records began, with the majority of offences continuing to involve household waste. In 2024-25, 1.26m fly-tipping incidents were recorded by local authorities, an increase of 9% on the 1.15m reported in the year before, according to data released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Wednesday. This data does not include the 98 incidents of large-scale, illegal dumping dealt with by the Environment Agency, or those cleared by private landowners. “These figures show the equivalent of 142 monster landfills a day took place,” said Tim
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