Money from fly-tipping fines to be ringfenced for local clean-ups

New rules ringfencing the money raised from fixed penalty notices for fly-tipping and littering to be spent on local clean-up and enforcement come into force from Monday, April 1.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the money “paid by criminals” will go directly back into repairing the damage from their crimes, or into enforcement efforts to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

The new changes, along with other measures, will encourage councils to take a more robust approach to litter and fly-tipping enforcement and deliver further action to tackle antisocial behaviour, Defra said.