Partnership working to tackle waste crime

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Partnership working to tackle waste crime

• Alan DArcy
• Policy Manager
• 13 March 2007

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Environmental crimes

• Wildlife crimes - including fish poaching,
  illegal fish movements
• Illegal water abstraction
• Pollution of water courses - includes aquatic
  litter
• Land contamination

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Waste crimes

• 1 million fly-tipping incidents each year
• 50 are household waste
• 50million each year for local authorities
• Around 400 illegal sites controlled
• closed or now in regulation
• 50 of export containers illegal

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Drivers for Illegal Dumping

• Cost and complexity of lawful waste management
• Ignorance of waste controls
• Reduction in available legitimate sites
• Availability of illegal sites
• Making money
• Lack of social responsibility

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BIG
BAD
NASTY
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The Crime Triangle
From - Become a Problem Solving Crime Analyst
- Jill Dando Institute of Crime
Science http//www.jdi.ucl.ac.uk
CRIME
Offender
Place
Target / Victim
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CDRPs and CSPs

• Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships -
  England
• Community Safety Partnerships - Wales
• Crime and Disorder Act 1998 - amended by
• Police Reform Act 2002
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
• Responsible authorities set out in section 5 of
  the Crime and Disorder Act

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CDRP - Derbyshire Derby Partnerships

• ASBO against offender
• Joint operation to install surveillance equipment
• Gating order
• Successful bid to the Derbyshire Local Area
  Agreement Board - fly-tipping action plan

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Better detection and enforcement

• ASBO, fine and community service for Derby
  fly-tipper

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Better detection and enforcement

• Serial fly-tipper, Plymouth
• Prison sentence - 16 months
• Disqualified from driving - 2 years

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Prevention sharing information

• Chair of National Fly-Tipping
• Prevention Group
• NFTPG Website and Guide
• to Landowners www.nftpg.org
• Defra RD

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BREW campaigns

• BREW Waste Crime work
• Bold communications
• New IT to aid compliance
• Targeted enforcement campaigns to beat this..

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How to contact us

• General Enquiries - 08708 506 506
• Incident Hotline -
• 0800 80 70 60

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Partnership working to tackle waste crime

• Alan DArcy
• Policy Manager
• alan.darcy_at_environment-agency.gov.uk