fly-tippingn.
/ˈflʌɪˌtɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌtɪpɪŋ/ The unauthorized dumping of building rubble, household refuse, or other waste, esp. while in the process of transporting it.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [noun] > unauthorized depositing of rubbish
fly-tipping1968
1968 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 116 761 Every local authority should be prepared to act as intermediary between the industrial waste contractor and potential clients... This is one way of avoiding fly tipping.
1970 Disposal of Solid Toxic Wastes (Min. Housing & Local Govt.) viii. 29 There is no point in ignoring the possibility of fly tipping and it becomes more and more likely if more and more difficulties are put in the way of ‘reasonably safe and proper disposal’.
1983 Church Times 14 Oct. 9/1 Its latest idea is to try and stop fly-tipping: that disgusting habit..of dumping..large and unsightly rubbish in any odd corner of a nearby street.
1989 Motor Transport 8 Feb. 1/1 Joan Ruddock, Labour's junior transport spokesman, has been given a date for the second reading of her private member's bill to curb fly tipping.
Derivatives
ˈfly-tip v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) to dump (rubbish) by fly-tipping; also intransitive.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > pollute the environment [verb (intransitive)] > deposit rubbish without permission
fly-tip1985
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > pollute the environment [verb (transitive)] > deposit rubbish
dump1784
fly-tip1985
1985 Managing Waste: 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Environmental Pollution vi. 71 in Parl. Papers 1985–6 (Cmnd. 9675) The London-wide initiative on Fly Tipping (LIFT) Working Party..identified some 600,000 tonnes of fly tipped wastes in London... The LIFT..Report divides the people who fly tip into four categories... The organised criminal fly tipper operates to make money through illegal deposition of wastes.
1987 Financial Times 24 Oct. p. xvi/7 Camden operates various nuisance criteria: travellers are asked not to damage property, not to cause health risks, not to fly tip nor cause undue noise.
1988 Financial Times 30 June 8/7 The Government intends to act against companies that fly-tip rubbish on roads and waste land.
ˈfly-tipped adj.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [adjective] > dumped by fly-tipping
fly-tipped1985
1985 Managing Waste: 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Environmental Pollution vi. 71 in Parl. Papers 1985–6 (Cmnd. 9675) The London-wide initiative on Fly Tipping (LIFT) Working Party..identified some 600,000 tonnes of fly tipped wastes in London.
ˈfly-tipper n. one who disposes of waste in this way.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [noun] > unauthorized depositing of rubbish > one who
fly-tipper1985
1985 Managing Waste: 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Environmental Pollution vi. 71 in Parl. Papers 1985–6 (Cmnd. 9675) The organised criminal fly tipper operates to make money through illegal deposition of wastes.
1990 Green Mag. Apr. 86/1 If the litter is dumped by a fly tipper the council will prosecute the culprit for you.
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