• Sixty thousand tonnes of waste was dumped in England and Wales alone last year

• There are approximately 50,000 incidents of fly-tipping each year and it costs up to £150 million to remove the waste

• The most common types of fly-tipped waste are: household waste, larger domestic items such as mattresses and fridges, garden refuse and industrial waste

• Only holders of waste management licences can recover, transport, deposit or dispose of waste

• The majority of people flytip to avoid paying the landfill tax (which is the charge people have to pay to have waste disposed of properly)

• The Environment Agency investigates the larger scale incidents of fly-tipping, hazardous waste and those involving organised gangs of fly-tippers while local authorities are responsible for clearing up fly tipping on publicly owned land, including roads and lay-bys

• It can take between four to six weeks to remove dumped rubbish, depending on the legal process – if the waste is hazardous, the relevant agency will deal with the problem within 24 hours and for very high-risk waste, the response is likely to be within the hour.