State may face €150m clean-up bill

THE State is facing a €150 million bill to clean up the estimated 600,000 tonnes of rubbish illegally dumped in the North.

The North’s Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) said the waste is dumped in 60 sites across the six counties, mainly in the Border areas.

The EHS has started prosecuting the landowners who are allowing their land to be used as a dumping ground. Last month, a second man was sent to prison for the crime.