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Fly-tipping: here’s what is missing from Andy Burnham’s plan to tackle waste dumpers

By Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton

UK prime minister Andy Burnham has promised to clean up three of the worst illegal waste dumps in England and sign off new measures to tackle the problem more widely.

The pledge is bold, but it is also unlikely to solve the problem on its own.

Illegal waste sites and fly‑tipping is now widespread in the UK, and globally.…

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