Fly-tipping scourge sees Scottish farmer forced to pay for clean up

Davy Shanks, Glenmavis, Airdrie, was disgusted to discovery of two tonnes of waste from a meat processing site dumped on his land. The waste was dumped from a public road, over the side of a bridge, to land in a burn and on the banking, creating both a health risk and an environmental incident.

He said: “It is ridiculous that an incident of this kind, which I could do nothing to prevent, sees me being held responsible for someone else’s waste simply because it has been dumped on my land.
“Since lockdown, fly-tipping has increased ten-fold."