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It was the fourth year in a row that incidents increased. The story was based on newly released data from DEFRA.\n\nIn addition, data journalist Dan Wainwright took part in a Q\u0026A piece, [Fly-tipping: What you wanted to know](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41685102) which included additional visualisation\n\n## Get the data\n\n* DEFRA: [Fly tipping incidents and actions taken in England](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england)\n\n## Visualisation\n\n* Line chart: Fly-tipping incidents in England 2007-8 to 2016-17\n* Infographic: Penalties for fly-tipping\n* Bar chart: Areas with the most incidents of fly-tipping in 2016-17\n\nIn addition the Q\u0026A piece included the following visualisation:\n\n* Multiple bar chart: Areas seeing the biggest increase in fly-tipping\n\n![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/4908/production/_98469681_flytippingworstrise_birmingham_03m65-nc.png)\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fflytipping-costs","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fflytipping-costs","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fflytipping-costs/lists"}