The Lib Dems claimed 'littering might as well be legal' as just one per cent of fly-tippers ever face punishment for their actions.
Fly-tippers escape punishment for illegally dumping their rubbish in Scotland almost 99 per cent of the time, shock figures suggest.
Willie Rennie, the party's communities spokesman, said local authorities had to use powers available to them to clamp down on reckless Scots who dump rubbish without thinking. Some councils, such as Edinburgh, did not hold data on the number of fines handed out and others did not hold data on how many convictions were secured, if any.
He said his party wanted to see increased support for farmers and those who end up bearing the brunt of cleaning up the rubbish.
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