Prime Minister Orders Crackdown on the Criminal Gangs Profiting from Illegal Waste and Blighting Communities

On 19 August the Prime Minister ordered a crackdown on the criminal gangs profiting from illegal waste and blighting communities.

The plan is shut down the criminal gangs running illegal waste sites, using a better use of drones, a bigger role for the police and the National Crime Agency, more Environment Agency officers on the frontline, and a steep rise in fines for those who dump illegally.

Alongside this, the government is funding the clean-up of three more of the country’s most serious illegal waste sites containing around 22,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste harming an estimated 2,900 families.

To find out more see the press release here.

Defra have provided links to their social media as follows:

• Defra UK (@DefraGovUK) on X
• Environment Food & Rural Affairs (@defrauk) • Instagram photo
• We’re cracking down on waste crime. We want to make those who dump waste illegally and fail to on LinkedIn