UK Government Announces Plans to Clean Up Illegal Waste Dumps
Andy Burnham has announced plans to clean up the three worst illegal waste dumps in the UK, with taxpayers funding the clear-up operations in West Yorkshire, Surrey, and Kent. The initiative also includes raising fines for illegal waste disposal to £5,000.
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Burnham announces plans to clean up worst three illegal waste dumps
The government says the sites in Kent, Surrey and West Yorkshire contain 22,000 tonnes of waste.
Read full article →Burnham announces plans to clean up illegal waste dumps – UK politics live
The prime minister has promised a crackdown on criminal gangs making money from dumping waste Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. The days of criminal gangs making easy money from dumping waste are “over”, the prime minister will say on a visit to a waste site in Yorkshire later today. These toxic dumps have blighted communities for too long. I said we would clean them up – and that’s exactly what we’re announcing today. These mountains of rubbish have been a clear sign to commun...
By Tom Ambrose
Read full article →Burnham to raise fines to £5,000 in major crackdown on illegal waste
The prime minister has promised to clean up three more of the country’s ’toxic dumps’
By George Thompson
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