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LGA calls for urgent sentencing review as court fines for fly-tipping undercut council penalties

Analysis of the latest fly-tipping data shows that the average court fine for fly-tipping is £539, which is £87 lower than the £626 average fixed penalty notice (FPN) councils can issue for the same offence.

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06 Mar 2026

Part of a man's face while he smokes an e-cigarette

LGA warns loophole in single-use vapes ban is fuelling bin lorry fires

“A year on, the volume of vapes in our bins has dropped, but industry has moved faster than regulation – the products causing fires in our bin lorries today are effectively the same disposables in a different shell.

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01 Jun 2026

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