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Britain's Biggest Waste Dumpers
Documentary | BBC 1 | Broadcast on 16-07-12 at 08:30 | 30min Panorama (47 videos)- Views : 12
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Reporter Raphael Rowe tracks down some of Britain's biggest illegal fly-tippers - criminals who have pocketed tens of thousands of pounds handed over by motorists to recycle their used tyres. Money that was meant to protect the environment has instead vanished, leaving our countryside littered with massive piles of used tyres - many large enough to be seen from space.
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