We all have a responsibility to make sure our waste isn’t fly tipped, so we need to be extra careful to be sure we are not passing our waste into the hands of someone who doesn’t know what they are doing, or worse, doesn’t care – a waste criminal.

Next time you need to find a waste collector, or ‘man with a van’ or hire a skip – remember to check they’re a registered waste carrier before you use them.

To find out more, and what you need to do, see this Environment Agency blog  simple checks with potential for big change.