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Fly-tipping is a crime all councils are keen to clamp down on.
Figures reveal that Greater Manchester councils have seen 93,629 fly-tipping incidents reported between 2020 and 2022 - with five boroughs seeing a decline in incidents, and five seeing an increase.
As well as the environmental health risks, fly-tipping presents a significant legal and financial burden, with taxpayers left with the bill for local authorities having to clean up - up to £10,000 per incident, the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs says.
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Here is how each GM borough ranks in terms of total fly-tipping incidents between the start of 2020 and the end of 2022 and an individual breakdown of data:
The borough, where fly-tippers are warned of a £400 fixed penalty notice or an unlimited fine, saw a reduction in fly-tipping incidents across two years.
In 2021/22 they had 1,184 reports, which is slightly down from the previous year at 1,250. The council did not respond to the request for a comment.
The borough has achieved eight court convictions for fly-tipping in the past 18 months.
In 2021/22 they had 3,323 reports, which is slightly up from the previous year at 3,308.
A spokesman for Bury Council said: “Fly-tipping and littering is disgraceful. It blights our neighbourhoods, and costs local taxpayers money to clear it up.
“We know how much this matters to residents, which is why we have increased our enforcement action against the perpetrators. In the last 18 months, we have issued 36 fines for littering and 50 fines for fly tipping, and eight offenders were prosecuted through the courts.
“If residents witness
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