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Fly tipping DOUBLES in parts of London during coronavirus lockdown as covidiots dump boxes, tyres and mattresses while tips are closed and bin collections have been slashed. A new website has been collating data from the illegally dumped material

The images come as fly-tipping has surged by up to 300 per cent in some areas after local authorities opted to close recycling sites amid the global health crisis. Photographs taken in a Sainsbury's car park in Richmond, south west London today show cardboard boxes stacked next to three overflowing 'mixed paper and card' banks

Farmers have complained of increased dumping of rubbish on their land due to Fly-tipping increasing by 80 per cent in wake of dump closures and an increase in DIY projects during the coronavirus lockdown.

A HAMPSHIRE company has cleaned up its waste after it was named and shamed by an app for reporting fly-tipping. Martin Montague, a businessman from the Meon Valley, decided to get his hands dirty investigating the mess after a driver used his app ClearWaste, which allows people to report fly-tipping, on Saturday.

The footage was filmed by businessman Martin Montague who has invested £400,000 of his own cash in developing an app and website to combat the fly-tipping menace. The fly-tippers have left the rubbish rotting in the grounds of an 18th-century mansion

The group found and removed dozens of oil containers, car parts, lorry tyres, a fridge and even a bottle shaped like a chicken from a footpath near Swanmore. Tyres thrown down a hill by fly-tippers were hauled up and a trailer base was cut up with a disc cutter and removed for disposal.

The event, which marked the start of the National Rural Crime Week of Action, provided an opportunity for both victims of rural crime and members of the rural community to find out more about the efforts the police and partner agencies are taking to tackle rural crime.

Software developer Martin Montague set up ClearWaste, a platform where people can report cases of fly-tipping around the UK. He developed the app to combat the illegal dumping and disastrous environmental issue that is costing taxpayers £750 million per year.

VOLUNTEER waste warriors spent a day cleaning up a bit of Meon Valley countryside plagued with fly-tipping and were filmed hard at work. The group found and removed dozens of oil containers, car parts, lorry tyres, a fridge and even a bottle shaped like a chicken from a footpath near Swanmore.

WASTE WARRIORS leading the fight against fly-tipping at a Hampshire beauty spot have been documented in a Channel 5 television programme. The popular television show, Grime and Punishment, followed the exploits of a team of volunteer clean-up workers as they removed rubbish from the Meon Valley countryside.

Martin Montague, the founder of fly-tipping reporting app ClearWaste.com, discovered the mountain of rubbish and described it as the worst he had ever seen.

A businessman was so fed up with fly-tipping that he decided to spent £300,000 funding a website and app in a bid to solve the nationwide issue.