Rubbish Clearance News: Just How Bad Can Fly Tipping Get?
In the UK, fly tipping rubbish clearance is considered a serious crime, punishable by up to a £50,000 pound fine and or up to twelve months in prison, if the offender is convicted in a Magistrates’ Court. If the offender is convicted in a Crown Court, there is no cap on the fine and the offender may serve up to five years in prison. However, even though these are the guidelines, in practice, only a small percentage of fly tippers ever get caught and most of the ones who do pay a much lower fine than the maximum and rarely go to prison. Fly Tipping Rubbish Clearance There’s a lot of disagreement among UK officials and citizens as to how much of a difference it would make to get tougher …