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Fly-tipping: Wiltshire Council handling 200 cases a month

Hundreds of county cases of illegally dumped rubbish are being reported to a county council every month.

Wiltshire Council says it is stepping up its efforts to tackle fly-tipping and is urging the public to help.

It says its investigators are prosecuting more people who flout the law, with the help of new covert cameras.

Video journalist: Emma Colman

1 December 2022

Wiltshire Council

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