{"id":492,"date":"2025-06-03T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:40:36","slug":"environment-secretary-quizzed-on-fly-tipping-during-lbc-phone-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/environment-secretary-quizzed-on-fly-tipping-during-lbc-phone-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Secretary quizzed on fly-tipping during LBC phone-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-marker=\"0cceacf0-7ead-4600-92ad-7464d01b1cbe\" data-beyondwords-player=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-524310 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Environment Secretary\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\" data-src=\"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-80-1.png\"><\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cWe&#8217;re not going to put up with this country being buried under an avalanche of fly-tipping in the way that we&#8217;ve seen over recent years,&#8221; the Environment Secretary has said.<\/h4>\n<p>The Environment Secretary Steve Reed was questioned about fly-tipping by listeners during an LBC phone-in this morning.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how he will reduce fly-tipping, Reed said the Environment Agency will use drones to track \u2018waste cowboys\u2019 before seizing and crushing their vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a punishment for those people who are carrying these things out. This is a deterrent to other people who might be thinking of doing the same things,\u201d Reed said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re not going to put up with this country being buried under an avalanche of fly-tipping in the way that we&#8217;ve seen over recent years \u2013 and I think this is one change that&#8217;ll make a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think councils should be looking at their own mechanisms for what they&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Presenter Nick Ferrari questioned the Environment Secretary over concerns that local authorities raising disposal charges may be inadvertently increasing fly-tipping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think councils should be looking at their own mechanisms for what they&#8217;re doing,\u201d Reed responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI speak to many residents from my constituency and elsewhere, people are furious about fly-tipping because it says something about the place&#8217;s quality of life and pride in the place where you live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of us should have to walk past dump mattresses and fridges or whatever else it is as we&#8217;re walking the kids to school or making our way to the bus stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Environment Agency published\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WasteCrimeMaps2023_2024_England_FINAL.pdf\">new national heatmaps<\/a> that revealed the locations of 16,773 reported incidents of suspected waste crime across England in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciwm.co.uk\/ciwm\/membership\/ciwm\/membership\/why-join-us.aspx?utm_source=partner_site&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=MayCIWMMemberBanner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-86763 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"115\" data-src=\"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CIWM-325-Top-100-Circular-Banner-575-x-77.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/environment-secretary-quizzed-on-fly-tipping-during-lbc-phone-in\/\">Environment Secretary quizzed on fly-tipping during LBC phone-in<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\">Circular Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u201cWe&#8217;re not going to put up with this country being buried under an avalanche of fly-tipping in the way that we&#8217;ve seen over recent years,&#8221; the Environment Secretary has said. The Environment Secretary Steve Reed was questioned about fly-tipping by listeners during an LBC phone-in this morning. 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