Criminals caught transporting and dealing with waste illegally will now face up to five years in prison under new legislation.
- Waste criminals, fly-tippers and cowboy waste operators to have vehicles seized and crushed
- New technology such as drones and mobile CCTV will be used to identify fly-tip vehicles
- Criminals face up to five years in prison under new legislation
Milton Keynes City Council will work with the police to identify, seize and crush vehicles of waste criminals under new plans to crackdown on cowboy waste operators just announced by the Labour Government.
Drones and mobile CCTV cameras are set to be deployed to identify cars and vans belonging to fly-tippers across the country so they can be destroyed. In addition, ministers have launched a rapid review to slash red tape blocking councils from seizing and crushing vehicles. Councils currently have to bear the significant cost of seizing and storing vehicles but under new plans fly-tippers will cover this cost, saving councils and taxpayers money.
Criminals caught transporting and dealing with waste illegally will now face up to five years in prison under new legislation.
Chris Curtis, MP for Milton Keynes North, said “Labour’s message to waste criminals is clear – we will not accept fly-tipping in our city, we are actively looking to catch those who trash our communities, and when we find you, vehicles will be seized and crushed to protect our residents, and perpetrators will face up to five years in prison.”
Milton Keynes City Council Leader Pete Marland welcomed the news, saying, “Working people in Milton Keynes have had enough of the criminal dumpers who pollute our neighbourhoods with rubbish – and these new powers will help reinforce our zero-tolerance approach.”
Chris concluded, “Across the country and right here in Milton Keynes is taking action to deliver the change people voted for. It won’t happen overnight, but Labour’s Plan for Change is on the right track and after years of chaos and incompetence Britain is finally moving in the right direction.”
Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed said: “Waste criminals and fly-tippers who blight our country have gone unpunished for too long. That ends today. The Government is calling time on fly-tipping. I will not stand by while this avalanche of rubbish buries our communities. Under the Plan for Change, this Government will seize and crush fly-tippers’ vans to clean up Britain’s streets.”
