Waste: Crime
Commons · Question 62632 · Tabled 25 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the annual profits generated by organised criminals who engage in waste crime.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 2 Jul 2025
It is estimated that waste crime costs the UK economy around £1 billion per year. However, it is impossible to assess how much of this is “profit” for organised criminals.