With 1.1 million incidents of fly-tipping reported in 2020/21 and many more going unreported, Defra was also criticised for its lack of support to tackle the problem.
The targets set in place four years ago by the Environment Agency to tackle waste crime are moving at a"slow and piecemeal" pace, with some measures such as the digital tacking of rubbish still in the pilot stages, the report found. "With growing involvement of criminal gangs, adept at evading detection and who regard the fines if they are caught as merely a business expense, a much more serious approach to enforcement is required," she said.
"That is why we are reforming the licensing system, introducing mandatory digital waste tracking, investing to tackle fly tipping, and supporting people to do the right thing by disposing of their waste correctly."
How about people start buying quality goods again and stop this throw away society to reduce the amazing of waste, and then applying bigger fines to the businesses that abuse it. Better incentives in council tax for recycling?
So sad.