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Coverage of new higher fines for litter, graffiti and fly-tipping

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 10 July 2023 - Categories: waste, Weekly stories

Today we are looking at coverage of the new higher limits for fixed penalty notices to tackle environmental crimes.

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Environment Secretary vows to clamp down on fly-tipping

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 10 October 2022 - Categories: waste
Picture of fly tipping

Today we are looking at an op-ed from the Environment Secretary in the Telegraph on the Government’s action to tackle fly-tipping.

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Coverage of NAO report on waste crime

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 27 April 2022 - Categories: Environment Agency, Weekly stories
Scrap metal piled high in a junk yard

Today the National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report on its investigation into the Government’s actions to combat waste crime. Coverage in The Telegraph, the Independent, Western Daily Press & Western Telegraph reports on the NAO’s assessment that there …

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