Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121084
Fly-tipping
Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Anneliese Midgley
Labour — Knowsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the total volume of illegally stored or dumped waste currently present at illegal waste sites in the UK.
Answer
Mary CreaghTotal tonnage of waste on illegal waste sites that were operational on or after 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025C (inclusive) and have not been brought into regulation or cleared of waste: 5,544,462. NB: This data is taken from a live system and maybe s...
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