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Martin Montague, creator of the fly-tipping reporting app and website ClearWaste.com, said: "Farmers like him are plagued with fly-tipping and it costs them a fortune to get it cleared up. "Fly-tipping is a major problem in this country, whether it is in towns and cities or the countryside.

Martin Montague, founder of clearwaste.com, called for increased penalties. He added: “Farmers like him are plagued with fly-tipping and it costs them a fortune to get it cleared up. Fly-tipping is a major problem in this country, whether it is in towns and cities or the countryside.

ClearWaste.com says fly-tipping up 76% this year with criminals taking advantage of closed and restricted tips due to the coronavirus to rip off householders by claiming to be legitimate waste carriers. According to the commons library, the penalty for fly tipping can be a fine of up to £50,000 and up to 12 months imprisonment if convicted in a Magistrates' Court.

After filming the incident and sharing it with his social media followers and through flytipping reporting app and website ClearWaste.com. James’ live video was shared through the Clear Waste app; and its founder, Martin Montague, says the local farmer’s experience is unfortunately not an unusual one this year.

The Clear Waste site was inundated with gripes about louts blighting towns and cities with junk including kitchen appliances, tyres and rotting food. App creator Martin Montague said: “Scotland has a big issue with fly-tipping. “Complaints are up 122 per cent from this time last year. It was incredibly up 240 per cent in May from that time last year.

Whilst filming the fly-tippers reloading their vehicle, Farmer James Johnston states: 'All this has been dumped in the gate of the field. It seems we now have to lock the gates every time we go through them.' He adds: 'Not to mention that two skip-loads were here.' Mr Johnston sent the clip to ClearWaste - an app that allows users to report fly-tipping and find licensed waste removal options.

Sandra Berry has said she is being tormented by "an army of rats" because of mounds are rubbish dumped in the alleyway behind her house. Sefton Council has warned it could be up to nine weeks before the mess is cleared. ClearWaste, a free, UK-wide app that forwards independent reports of fly-tipping to local councils, experienced a huge spike in April.

The pile of abandoned tyres looms higher than a house and blocks the full width of the road in an industrial estate in Drumchapel, west of Glasgow city centre. Spiked with other incongruous debris, including children’s toys and a Zimmer frame, this week the city council began the task of proper disposal, an operation expected to cost thousands of pounds.

ClearWaste founder and campaigner Martin Montague, who is based in Hampshire, was prompted to set up the monitoring app after he was himself a victim of fly-tipping. After analysing up to 3,000 reports from around the UK in the past month alone, he said the reasons why incidences have continued were threefold.

Fly-tipping reporting app ClearWaste Tweeted: 'This massive, disgusting fly-tip has just been discovered in Fulbeck in #Lincolnshire. 'It will cost the local council thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to clear away.' South Kesteven District Council has been alerted and is tracking down the fly-tippers.

DUMPED plastic wasted has soared during lockdown as Scots believe products are a lot safer to eat when packaged, a new study has found. A new Populus poll released today found that two in three Scots are concerned about an increase in plastic waste during lockdown.

Yet another stinking heap of rubbish has been dumped on Britain's countryside, as one farmer calls for government action to stop the relentless blighting of England's green and pleasant land. Wheat farmer Andrew Ward was heartbroken to find at least three lorryloads of industrial waste abandoned on a road he uses to get to his fields.