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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Rachel Wearmouth

DIY waste disposal charges could be scrapped as part of fly-tipping crackdown

Charges for disposing of DIY waste could be axed as part of a crackdown on fly-tipping.

It follows an explosion in offences during the pandemic.

Councils dealt with 1.13million incidents in 2020/21, up 16% on the year before, and it costs taxpayers up to £392million a year.

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