Calls have been made to 'clamp down' on fly-tippers
Calls have been made to 'clamp down' on fly-tippers after data, obtained through the freedom of information act , suggests those illegally dumping rubbish in Scotland manage to avoid any penalty 99 per cent of the time.
The party, which obtained the data from local authorities across Scotland using freedom of information powers, said that just 45 were referred to the Procurator Fiscal. The City of Edinburgh Council recorded 35,038 in the three-year period, while Fife Council logged 11,711, according to the freedom of information data.
Mr Rennie said: "The pandemic and the bin strikes disrupted refuse collections but there is also a fundamental unfairness in the present system, which sees farmers and other owners left with the responsibility for clearing up waste which has been dumped on their properties." "This could see courts able to require a contribution from offenders to a new national fund available to help victims."
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