London -- Defra has published final estimates of local authority managed fly-tipping for England in 2010-11. These statistics statistics are based on data submitted by all local authorities in England to the Environment Agency’s FlyCapture system on the fly-tipping incidents that they manage and the actions that they take. As local authorities and the Environment Agency both have a responsibility in respect of illegally deposited waste, a summary of activity by the Environment Agency in relation to illegally dumped waste in 2010-11 is also provided below.

Headline results of local authority managed flytipping are:

* Local authorities in England dealt with nearly 820,000 incidents of fly-tipping, a 13.5 per cent decrease from 2009-10. Some of this reduction is due to changes in the reporting arrangements of some local authorities.
* 63 per cent of fly-tips dealt with by local authorities involved household waste, 8 per cent commercial waste and a range of categories where waste could be derived from either households or businesses e.g. construction, demolition and excavation waste, green waste, white goods, electrical items, tyres and asbestos.
* 44 per cent of all fly-tips cleared by local authorities occurred on the highway.
* Most fly-tips consisted of a small van load of material or less.
* The estimated cost of clearance of illegally dumped waste reported by local authorities in this period was £41.3 million, a reduction of 9.8 per cent over 2009-10.
* Local authorities carried out around 568,000 enforcement actions in 2010-11 to prevent, detect or enforce against fly-tipping at an estimated cost of £20.6 million. This is a 5.8 per cent increase in actions over 2009-10. There were 2,400 prosecutions, of which 96 per cent resulted in conviction.
* There were 2,400 prosecutions, of which 96 per cent achieved a successful outcome.

Headline results on Environment Agency action on illegally deposited waste in 2010/11 are:

* The Environment Agency dealt with a total of 636 illegal waste dumping incidents. This is a drop from 1047 in 2009-10 as action and resources have been focussed on incidents causing the biggest risk to the environment, communities or impact on legitimate business
* The Environment Agency took 157 prosecutions forward in relation to illegal waste activities, resulting in over £770,000 in fines.
* The average fine per prosecution was £6,490 where a fine was the outcome. This is an increase from about £5,000 in 2009/10.
* Offenders prosecuted by the Environment Agency for waste crime offences have received a range of penalties from custodial sentences, curfew orders, disqualification from driving and remediation orders. ‪
* The numbers of serious organised waste crime incidents dealt with by the Environment Agency in 2010-11 fell to 113 compared to 154 incidents in 2009-10 in England.

Quelle: Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (defra)

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