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- verb Present participle of
fly-tip .
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Examples
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Illegally dumped rubbish in rural Sussex illustrates the growing problem of fly-tipping.
Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar 2011
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The court ordered the walls and gates that mark the deserted plots to remain in place, and many fear the site will become a massive fly-tipping zone.
A stone's throw from Dale Farm, travellers' stand-off simmers on 2011
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However, there are concerns that these rises are just the beginning, because fly-tipping tracks the economic cycle.
Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar 2011
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In Oldham, each fly-tipping incident costs the council £100 to clear up.
Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar 2011
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Experts suggest there is a clear link between the costs of rubbish disposal and an increase in fly-tipping.
Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar 2011
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The Department for Communities and Local Government says fly-tipping is a serious criminal offence.
Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar 2011
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Between 2009 and 2010, there was a 297% rise in recorded fly-tipping incidents in the City of London, a 70% increase in Craven, Leeds, and a 51% rise in Stockton-on-Tees.
Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar 2011
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The move, which is likely to infuriate environmental campaigners, follows widespread complaints that fortnightly collections have led to a rise in fly-tipping and concerns over vermin and hygiene.
Councils to receive financial incentive to reinstate weekly rubbish collections 2011
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Over the past couple of years, as the UK has struggled to come out of recession, fly-tipping has fallen in some boroughs, but it is predicted to rise again as the soaring cost of waste disposal and money-saving initiatives such as reduced hours at municipal skips have an impact.
Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar 2011
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Soaring charges for waste disposal are leading to a rise in fly-tipping, according to an analysis of official data released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar 2011
reesetee commented on the word fly-tipping
"A custodial sentence could be appropriate for an offence of commercial fly-tipping even where aggravating features, such as depositing waste of a dangerous or offensive nature, were not present." --"Jail justified for flytipping," The Times (London), November 25, 2008
December 4, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word fly-tipping
"Rod Bray of developers Northbridge Properties told Newshub that the culprits were probably trying to cut their own demolition costs by fly-tipping the house.
"The options are either pay to have it demolished, or you dump it somewhere else and make it someone else's problem," he said, pointing out that it would cost his company over NZ$20,000 ($13,800; £10,300) to remove it."
-- "Entire house fly-tipped in New Zealand" http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-42166058
November 29, 2017