news.sky.com 28th May 2011
The amount of fly-tipping in the UK is set to increase on a massive scale as cash-strapped local councils raise the price of the disposal of bulky rubbish. A survey of 148 councils across the UK by AnyJunk has found that many have increased skip prices by over half. The rate in Bradford went up 100% between 2009-2010, 89% in Glasgow and 67% in Bristol and Bath. These rates are believed to have a direct link with the amount of fly-tipping, which currently costs the taxpayer about £65 million a year to clean up. Currently the punishment for being caught fly-tipping is a maximum fine of £50,000 and five years in jail. But with so much money to be made from the business, some worry that fly-tippers will take the risk. Fly-tipping is defined as ‘the illegal dumping of waste on land that does not have a license to receive it.’
