☢☣ Почему явление fly-tipping вообще настолько распространилось, особенно в Великобритании?
Постоянно попадаются видео от туристов, проезжающих по главным шоссе страны и снимающих горы и горы мусора вдоль трасс. Не просто одиночные кучки, а тонны мусора.
Мне сначала казалось это чем-то нереальным. Но для этой статьи я пошла читать газеты.
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Вот нашла у Daily Mail:
Why do people fly-tip?
Fly-tipping first became common after the then Chancellor Kenneth Clarke introduced a 'landfill tax' designed to encourage Britons to recycle more in 1996.
It meant that councils, companies and individuals disposing of waste classed as 'active' – in other words, biodegradable – would be liable to hand over cash to the Government.
Initially, the tax was fixed at a modest £7 per tonne. But like so many stealth taxes, it crept up over the years.
In Jeremy Hunt's last budget before the 2024 election, the rate was whacked up from £103 to £126 per tonne.
Avoiding this tax is what allows criminal gangs to make serious money via illegal fly-tipping.
For example, they can totally avoid the going rate for disposing of a lorry full of waste, which is north of £2,500.