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Fly-tippers 'ruining' Britain's beautiful country roads

What is being done to protect roads in the countryside from the sorry state of fly-tipping?

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 4 min read
CLA president Gavin Lane said: "It is not just litter blotting the landscape, but tonnes of household and commercial waste which can often be hazardous 鈥� even including asbestos and chemicals 鈥� endangering wildlife, livestock, crops and the environment. Farmers are victims yet have to pay clean up costs themselves."
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CLA president Gavin Lane said: "It is not just litter blotting the landscape, but tonnes of household and commercial waste which can often be hazardous 鈥� even including asbestos and chemicals 鈥� endangering wildlife, livestock, crops and the environment. Farmers are victims yet have to pay clean up costs themselves."

Britain's countryside is being ruined by the scourge of fly-tipping, campaigners have said, with Government urged to do more to protect country lanes and roads which make the country beautiful. From...

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