Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waste criminals could face police-style powers as part of changes planned by the government. (Gareth Fuller - PA Images via Getty ...

Waste crime has grown into a major environmental and economic issue, costing the UK around £1 billion each year while ...

A "drones squad" will be used in the battle against large-scale illegal waste dumps, the government has said. The Environment Agency plans to equip some of its drones with laser technology to map ...

Fly-tipping is placing a "significant environmental, financial and operational burden" on public services, a council has said. A report for Kent County Council's scrutiny committee described the ...

A new nationwide digital system will track waste in real time, as the government steps up its crackdown on a £1bn-a-year ...

Fly-tippers face being banned from driving as part of a new crackdown on waste criminals. Ministers will give courts powers to punish criminals convicted of illegal dumping by adding penalty points to ...

Four have been sentenced to prison following a major investigation by the Environment Agency into a waste crime gang.