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<p>Certain cases can be fast-tracked through the courts in agreement between the prosecuting
agency and the local Judicial Business Group. Convicted offenders can be subject to
a range of sentences, including community sentences which may involve waste clearance
work.</p><p> </p><p>The National Fly-tipping Prevention Group provides advice and
guidance on measures people can take to prevent fly-tipping. Illegally dumped waste
should be reported to the local authority, then cleared swiftly so others do not add
to it, rather than waiting until the offenders are prosecuted and sentenced. Local
authorities should then investigate fly-tipping, and prosecute the fly-tippers where
there is sufficient evidence. A cost order can be made by the court so that the clearance
costs can be recovered retrospectively.</p><p> </p><p>As well as tightening up the
sentencing guideline for environmental offences in 2014, last year we gave local authorities
the power to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for small-scale fly-tipping to assist them
to take proportionate and prompt enforcement action.</p><p> </p>
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