National Audit Office says tax has increased amount of money criminals can make from waste crime
Organised criminals have accidentally been given incentives by the government to fly-tip, a damning report by the National Audit Office has found.
Fly-tipping has increased year-on-year in England since 2012-13 and reached 1.13 million recorded incidents in 2020-21 – at a cost of £11.6m to clear large-scale incidents.
