English councils dealt with 1m fly-tipping incidents last year

Defra figures show 8% rise over last year, with most cases involving household rubbish

Councils had to clear up more than a million incidents of fly-tipping last year in England, as figures show the problem continues to rise.

English local authorities reported 1,072,000 incidents in 2018/2019, up 8% on the 998,000 cases in 2017/2018, the latest statistics from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) reveal.