The Woodland Trust has suffered its worst year on record for flytipping, with almost 200 incidents of rubbish dumped in its woods and land.
The charity has spent £42,596 on clearing up 196 incidents of flytipped waste this year, bringing the overall bill for dealing with litter in its woodlands to around £354,000 in 2016. Costs are up substantially on last year, when the trust spent £31,360 on tackling flytipping, as part of an overall waste clearance bill of £192,000.
Since 2010, the charity’s total rubbish clear-up bill, including routine litter picking and dealing with flytipping, has reached more than £1.2m – money which it says would be better spent on creating new woodlands or protecting ancient woods.
The Guardian: Woodland Trust sees worst year for flytipping on record
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