Fly-tippers could have vehicles crushed in UK crackdown

Vehicles used by fly-tippers will be crushed as part of local authority powers in a pre-Christmas crackdown across the UK. Councils have reported a significant rise in the "man with van" phenomenon - where cold callers offer to dispose of household goods including fridges and furniture for cash, and then dump them. The cost of clearing up fly-tipping is almost £50m across England, with the number of recorded incidents rising 6% in 2014/15 to 900,000 cases.