The Environment Agency is leading an investigation into a possible illegal waste site in Dorset and is appealing for help from the public to report suspicious activity.
Officers from the Environment Agency, Dorset Police's rural crime team and Dorset Council's planning enforcement visited a site close to Verwood, near Wimborne, last week to gather evidence and intelligence of potential illegal waste activity taking place at the site.
They found evidence of domestic waste, including electrical goods, furniture and garden waste, some of which had been burnt, meaning pollutants have been emitted into the environment.
Those responsible have been profiting by avoiding using a regulated site where waste could be recycled or taken on to an appropriate waste facility, while possibly charging people to take waste away from their homes.
The Environment Agency will now continue to investigate and has appealed to the community to
