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Surging waste crime costing UK economy £1bn, businesses warn



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Waste-related crime such as flytipping and illegal dumping is on the rise in England, potentially costing the UK taxpayer upwards of £1bn a year, while impacting public health and the environment, according to the Environmental Services Association (ESA).
A report today by the waste and recycling trade body warns that waste-related crime in England has soared by 53 per cent over just the past three years, driving up costs to the economy from around £604m in 2015 to more than £924m in 2018/19.
Taking the available data for England and scaling it and applying it to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the report …

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