{"id":309226,"date":"2026-01-13T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/taxpayers-to-fund-8-million-contract-to-clear-massive-illegal-waste-dump\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:00:09","slug":"taxpayers-to-fund-8-million-contract-to-clear-massive-illegal-waste-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/taxpayers-to-fund-8-million-contract-to-clear-massive-illegal-waste-dump\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayers to fund \u00a38 million contract to clear massive illegal waste dump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ys7SKZ09kDg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Taxpayers to fund \u00a38 million contract to clear massive illegal waste dump\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ys7SKZ09kDg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Environment Agency has awarded an \u00a38 million pound contract to clean up a massive illegal waste site in Kidlington, Oxfordshire and said the removal of the rubbish could take up to a year.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The agency says that an estimated 21,000 tonnes of illegall waste was dumped and clearance is due to start next month.Critics say the contract was awarded without carrying out a competitive tender process. <\/p>\n<p>The Environment Agency said they had to resort to a direct award of the contract because the situation requires \u201cextreme and unavoidable urgency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#News #Channel4News #Kidlington #Environment #Waste<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environment Agency has awarded an \u00a38 million pound contract to clean up a massive illegal waste site in Kidlington, Oxfordshire and said the removal of the rubbish could take up to a year. 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