Wales' environment regulator is receiving increasing reports of illegal waste sites and taking more of them forward for enforcement action, figures have shown. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) handled 504 reports of illegal waste sites in 2021, more than double the number of two years previously.
There were also more reports of waste being burned, more incidents relating to waste carriers and more suspected waste permit breaches in 2021 than the previous two years. Some categories of waste incidents though, such as noise, fell in 2021.
The figures provided to the Local Democracy Reporting Service also explained what NRW did to try to ensure land blighted by illegal waste was cleaned up. The information was provided in response to a request under the 2004 Environmental Information Regulation, which is similar to the Freedom of Information Act.
