Impact of waste management sites on local communities: Alliance briefs MPs

Ahead of a discussion in Westminster Hall, the Countryside Alliance has shared a briefing note about the impact of waste management sites on local communities. 

The full briefing note can be downloaded here, with the key points summarised below.

• While all varieties of waste site can negatively impact local communities, the worst impacts are caused by those operating illegally – either because they were illegal from the outset or because they came to operate as such over time.
• Even an environmentally compliant local authority waste site can drive fly-tipping if access restrictions and costs are made too onerous by administrative decisions made by the local authority controlling them.
• In June 2026, Future Countryside and the National Rural Crime Network published a policy paper/report authored by the Countryside Alliance, Breaking the Cycle: Tackling Fly Tipping and Waste Crime – A Roadmap for Reform. The paper addresses the impact of waste sites of all varieties on communities and offers recommendations to prevent and reduce the harms they can cause.
• Recommendations from the report outlined in this briefing focus on minimising harms to communities from the management of waste sites. Taken as a whole, the 18 recommendations aim to provide a roadmap to a radical reduction in waste crime and its associated impacts on communities.

Read the full Briefing Note

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