The British countryside is one of our nation’s greatest treasures.

From rolling hills to tranquil woodlands, it is beautiful and essential for both our wellbeing and health.

That’s why it is absolutely deplorable when waste criminals scar the landscape with complete disregard - damaging precious ecosystems and undermining our communities.

This Government is committed to tackling waste crime, which is a blight on local communities and the environment and damages legitimate businesses.

The Environment Agency has a wide range of powers which it uses in its enforcement work against organised crime in waste and other environmental areas. It has strong powers of entry and evidence gathering, it is able to authorise mobile communications data and it has authority to use covert human intellig

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