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<p>Tackling fly-tipping is a Government priority. It blights local communities and
the environment wherever it occurs and we are committed to tackling fly-tipping.</p><p>
</p><p>Guidance for local authorities can be found on the Gov.uk website. It includes
information and links on local authority responsibilities, investigations, penalties
and prosecutions, claiming costs, keeping records and preventing fly-tipping. The
guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fly-tipping-council-responsibilities"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fly-tipping-council-responsibilities</a></p><p>
</p><p>In August 2019 we published a research project on public awareness of and adherence
to the household waste duty of care. We also published related publicity materials
that have been provided to the Local Government Association to circulate to local
authorities. They are available on the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group’s (NFTPG)
website: <a href="http://www.tacklingflytipping.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tacklingflytipping.com</a></p><p>
</p><p>With the support of local authorities, the NFTPG, chaired by Defra, has published
a Fly-tipping Partnership Framework outlining best practice for the prevention, reporting,
investigation and clearance of fly-tipping. It has also published a series of fly-tipping
prevention guides for householders, businesses and landowners.</p><p> </p><p>We have
also committed to the development of a fly-tipping toolkit, hosted by the NFTPG. This
will be a web-based tool to help local authorities and others work in partnership
to tackle fly-tipping. It will cover, for example, the use of new technology to report
fly-tipping, sharing of intelligence within and between partnerships, dealing with
unauthorised encampments and promoting the duty of care to individuals and businesses.</p><p>
</p><p>In addition to the above, we have given local authorities a range of powers
available to tackle fly-tipping. These include the power to issue fixed penalty notices
(FPNs) of up to £400 for fly-tipping offences, including to those caught fly-tipping
and householders who pass their waste to a fly-tipper. Local authorities also have
enhanced powers to search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. Powers to issue
FPNs provide local authorities with an efficient mechanism to hold fly-tipping perpetrators
to account without having to go to court, which can be a time consuming, resource-intensive
and expensive process. Additionally, the ability to issue FPNs can deter potential
fly-tippers from fly-tipping in the first place.</p>
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