Fly-tipping clean-up costs £50m as cases in England rise for third year in a row

Campaigners say cuts to waste collection services have increased the problem of illegal dumping

Fly-tipping is on the rise again, with the number of incidents up for the third year in a row, official figures show.

Councils across England reported 936,090 cases of fly-tipping in 2015/2016, up 4% on the previous year, the data from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) reveals.