N.Ireland
Just 22.5% of NI waste crime fines reinvested in fighting illegal dumping
Less than a quarter of fines paid to the Department of Agriculture for waste crimes such as fly-tipping are reinvested...
Fly-tipping
Rural Life
Farmer to fly-tippers: 'I'm going to bring a load of buffalo dung and tip it in your shop'
Well-known buffalo farmer and butcher Steven Mitchell, best known for his business ‘The Buffalo Farm’, has taken to social media...
Environment
Fly-tipping lorry seized by Gardaí after driver 'fled the scene'
A fly-tipping lorry that was illegally dumping a large volume of litter was seized by members of An Garda Síochána...
Environment
Farmer takes revenge on 'fly-tipper' who dumped over 400 tyres on his land
A frustrated UK farmer who found 421 tyres dumped illegally on his land, kindly returned them to the owner –...
Rural Life
2t of meat waste dumped on Scottish farm
A Scottish farmer was faced with the disgusting discovery of 2t of waste from a meat processing site dumped on...
Rural Life
Video: Man confronting alleged illegal dumpers goes viral
A man confronting people suspected of being illegal dumpers has gone viral through a video posted on social media last...
Rural Life
Fly-tipper 'stung' with fine in 'sunny south-east'
A fly-tipper was brought to court last week for illegally dumping waste in a rural area in Co. Wexford, Wexford...
Environment
Revealed: The cost of cleaning up after fly-tipping litter bugs
2018 might yet be one of the worst years on record for fly-tipping and illegal dumping on land, on streets...
Rural Life
Frustrated farmer flays alleged fly-tipper on social media
A farmer who was victim to fly-tipping – the illegal dumping of rubbish and waste – on his farm publicly...
Rural Life
Greater fines called for to address scourge of fly-tipping
The Minister for Local Government, Simon Coveney, has been called on to lead a robust response with local authorities to...
Environment
New app allows you to report fly-tipping and littering
You can now report environmental pollution on Android phones thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ‘See it? Say it!’ app....