article_snippet: A crackdown on those who illegally dump waste, from discarded sofas to vast piles of rubble, is expected to be announced in the Budget.
article_snippet: The Environment Agency will get an extra £4.2million to pursue the perpetrators of ‘waste crime’ and those who dodge landfill taxes, as well as cleaning up the damage caused.
article_snippet: After being given £5million in last year’s budget The Environment Agency estimated The Environment Agency raised £16million of revenue.
article_snippet: In one case, The Environment Agency tracked 6,000 tons of waste illegally accepted at a waste site at which those involved were seeking to evade £500,000 of landfill tax.