Definition of "fly-tipping" [fly-tipping]

• Present participle of fly-tip. (verb)

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• "The move, which is likely to infuriate environmental campaigners, follows widespread complaints that fortnightly collections have led to a rise in fly-tipping and concerns over vermin and hygiene."
• "Between 2009 and 2010, there was a 297% rise in recorded fly-tipping incidents in the City of London, a 70% increase in Craven, Leeds, and a 51% rise in Stockton-on-Tees."
• "Over the past couple of years, as the UK has struggled to come out of recession, fly-tipping has fallen in some boroughs, but it is predicted to rise again as the soaring cost of waste disposal and money-saving initiatives such as reduced hours at municipal skips have an impact."