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INSTANCES of fly-tipping rocketed by 35 per cent in a year dominated by lockdown, shock figures released by Barnsley Council have revealed.
When the first lockdown took hold in March, all waste and recycling centres were forced to close their gates to ensure the safety of others - a move blamed for an increase in dumps being left elsewhere.
Almost 4,000 incidents were reported in 2019, but just a year later 5,254 incidents were logged by Barnsley Council.
Coun Chris Lamb, cabinet spokesperson for environment and transportation, said: “Unfortunately we have seen an increase in fly-tipping across the borough between 2019 and 2020.
“For the year 2019, January to December, we had 3,893 reports of fly-tipping - still too many in my opinion.