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<p>Defra publishes fly-tipping statistics for England annually at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Ffly-tipping-in-england&data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C7bd10e47ce7d4e5b637a08d9a9bb9b34%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637727445485641533%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=MALSATxMc7tEYaioCh%2B4LWKPsV%2BIwobvEbomgAmhO2g%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england</a>
Data for the 2020/21 period will be published in early December. We last published
an estimated total cost of clearing fly-tipping to local authorities in England in
2016/17 at £57.7 million.</p><p>Defra is working to develop a fly-tipping toolkit
to support local councils following extra research we have commissioned. We expect
to publish the first element on ‘Presenting robust cases to court’ early next year.
Fly-tipping is a menace we are determined to clamp down on, not only with the new
toolkit, but with measures such as electronic waste tracking and strengthening to
our waste brokers, carriers and dealers licensing, as well as strengthened powers
in the Environment Act to detect and prosecute waste criminals.</p>
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