Understanding the True Scale of Waste Crime

Waste crime costs the UK an estimated £300m to £800m a year. Rogue operators undercut legitimate business, evade landfill tax, and have a negative impact on people and the environment. It has been described as the new narcotics and is attracting serious and organised criminal gangs due to its lucrative nature and favourable enforcement regime (compared to other illicit trades such as drugs) To establish which interventions work best the EA needs a measure of waste crime that is de-coupled from its enforcement eff...