Sunday Mirror

YouTube war on flytippers is a clear win

- BY STEPHEN HAYWARD

YOUTUBE videos of litter louts dumping rubbish have slashed flytipping by nearly a third.

Around 250 offenders have been filmed by mobile CCTV dumping furniture and other household items on housing estates in East London.

The worst cases have been featured in a series of fortnightl­y YouTube films.

At least 28 people have been fined up to £400, and fly-tipping has dropped by 30 per cent since the crackdown was launched by Barking and Dagenham council last year.

Keep Britain Tidy charity said: “Throwing a spotlight on the thoughtles­s minority who seem to think it is okay to treat our streets as a rubbish dump is something that we welcome.”

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HISTORY The stately home
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FILMED Rubbish dumped

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