Van drivers could soon need a permit to visit Greater Manchester's tips as further crackdown on illegal waste is planned
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system was introduced in February as part of a crackdown on illegal waste being dumped at sites across the region.
Cameras log drivers’ details and keep track of the number of trips to household waste recycling centres (HWRC).Cars are limited to 52 visits a year - an average of once a week - while van drivers are limited to either 12 or 18 visits a year depending on the size of their vehicle.Since the introduction of ANPR the number of visits fell from 445,941 in January to 371,038 in February, and further still to 350,324 before the lockdown on March 23.But vans are still being spotted dumping non-household waste at tips more than 50 times a month.A report to the Greater Manchester Combined.
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