Flytipping Shocker!
11 Nov
While the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows a reduction in fly tipping this year, this was only £1m less from the clean up bill last year of £72.7m, fly-tipping remains still, a significant financial, social and environmental problem.
Defra’s data portrays the official cost for the local council, it fails however to report the major problem of fly-tipping on private land. Statistics show this is another estimated annual cost of £50m. This cost is picked up by the individual landowners, forced to dispose of other peoples waste.
It falls to the local councils to ensure this problem is dealt with effectively. National Share a Skip Week aims to lighten the load, and reduce fly tipping costs, through the sharing of a skip.
