Fewer than 1 in 100 fly tippers pay a fine
Fly tipping is by no means exclusive to the tyre industry, but over the years there has been a significant number of cases involving rogue collectors and illegal stockpiles of waste tyres. Removing and dealing with these stockpiles – which in some cases can number tens of thousands of scrap tyres – is both expensive and time-consuming, so what can be done to address this problem?