fly-tipping

British

noun

the deliberate dumping of rubbish in an unauthorized place

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Rangers in the Highlands recorded thousands of incidents of outdoor toileting, hundreds of unsafe fires and an increase in fly-tipping last summer, according to a new report.

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They filled 2,100 bags of litter - a similar number to previous years -and recorded 638 waste and fly-tipping issues.

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Lots of people I speak to complain about littering and fly-tipping.

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Cardiff council said fly-tipping "harms the environment and costs taxpayers", while Rhondda Cynon Taf Council said there was "never an excuse to fly-tip".

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Fly-tipping Action Wales said it was working on a new national awareness campaign "in response to concerns raised by councils about growing levels of black bag dumping".

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