As Calderdale Council continues its fight against fly-tipping, it has welcomed a new national government policy giving more powers to deal with the crime.
This will see fly-tippers and criminal waste operators having their vehicles seized and crushed; new technology such as drones and mobile CCTV identifying vehicles used for fly-tipping, and jail sentences of up to five years for people who illegally transport waste in England.
Calderdale Council is ahead of the curve, as it has already seized 15 vehicles since January 2024 and regularly uses drones and a variety of CCTV equipment to catch fly-tipping criminals in the act, gather evidence for prosecutions and see where rubbish needs to be cleared.
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