Councils will be banned from charging people for disposing DIY waste at tips under government plans to crack down on fly-tipping.
Charges of up to £13 for a lavatory bowl and cistern, £10 per sheet of plasterboard and £4 for a bag of rubble will be scrapped in England under proposals published for consultation today.
About a third of councils charge for DIY waste, using rules designed for construction material.
The charges, which can add up to £50 for a carload, have been blamed for contributing to fly-tipping.
There were 1.1 million cases of fly-tipping in England last year and more than 60,000 of the incidents involved construction, demolition and excavation waste, up 18 per cent on the previous year.
The Department for Environment,
