Four men have been sentenced after breaking into and illegally dumping tonnes of waste from tipper trucks in six sites across London.
Footage shows the men breaking into the fenced private land and offloading trucks loaded with an array of rubbish.
In one clip, a person can be seen reversing their black and white vehicle into trees, before they let car tyres cascade into the woodland.
They then get out of the truck to check on their offending work, before they drive away.
Another perpetrator dumps what seems to be different shapes of wood, mixed in with black plastic bags, into an already present tip.
Patrick Doherty was jailed for 28 months and Martin Ward was jailed for 18 months, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Meanwhile, Michael Ward, also known as Martin McCann, and Simon O'Donnell were both handed sentences of 14-month suspended for two years.
The men were found guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court of conspiracy to illegally dump controlled waste, after their offending streak spanned across more than a year in 2022.
Four men have been sentenced after breaking into and illegally dumping tonnes of waste from tipper trucks in six sites across London, following an investigation by the Environment Agency
In one clip, a person can be seen reversing their black and white vehicle into trees, before they let car tyres cascade into the woodland
The fly-tipping operation involved the repeated scrapping of waste across numerous sites, including tyres and collateral waste from home clearances and construction.
While landowners were threatened if they defended their sites from being inflicted with the tonnes of rubbish.
As part of its investigation, the agency gathered CCTV footage of the men invading sites and driving tipper trucks.
It also uncovers them tapping with CCTV cameras and repeatedly hiding their own faces, while they attempted to cover their registration plates in efforts to conceal their identity.
The Environment Agency said the landowner of one site, located at Imperial Way in Croydon, was slapped with a £300,000 bill after their security cameras were smashed.
One of their staff members was also threatened and refused entry.
At Station Road in Colliers Wood, the group gave a site worker an ultimatum of either paying £5,000 or their unit would be filled with waste.
Threats ignored, rubbish was then piled five feet high by the men, costing £15,000 to clear, the watchdog said.
Another perpetrator dumps what seems to be different shapes of wood, mixed in with black plastic bags, into an already present tip
The men were found guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court of conspiracy to illegally dump controlled waste, after their offending streak spanned across more than a year
Despite the groups clear efforts to remain incognito, investigators were able to identify the men after nearby cameras, council CCTV and police-body worn footage captured their work - and created a trail of evidence.
A series of vast illegal dumps have gained national attention in recent months, prompting calls for tougher punishments against waste criminals.
They include a 500ft-long, 12ft-high waste 'mountain' abandoned in a field near Kidlington in Oxfordshire, and a two-acre illegal rubbish site at the back of Over Farm in Gloucestershire.
Criminals can make large profits by charging to collect waste before illegally dumping it on public land without paying landfill tax, which now stands at £126.15 per tonne.
There were more than 1.2 million incidents of fly-tipping in England between 2024 and 2025, many involving vans and cars.
This fly-tipping spike sparked a proposed move to give ministers court powers to punish criminals convicted of illegal dumping by adding penalty points to their driving licence, the Daily Mail revealed last month.
Ministers hope offenders will be deterred by the threat of having their vehicles seized, and that serial fly-tippers will find it harder to operate without a vehicle.
A proposal to hand fly-tippers three penalty points on their licence was included in a Conservative amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill.
Two fly-tippers were caught dumping rubbish from two white vans on a country lane near Meriden in the West Midlands in 2024
But the Mail understands Labour's plan could see drivers face an even larger points penalty.
Officials also raised concern that a fifth of rubbish is illegally managed, with the growing sophistication of the gangs behind it.
In response, the Government unveiled a 'zero-tolerance' new action plan to tackle the problem costing a staggering £1billion.
Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds said: 'The actions of these shameless waste criminals are unacceptable and have rightly been punished.
'My message is simple – break the law by dumping waste and we will come after you.
'This Government is stepping up action, through our waste crime action plan, with new powers and more funding for the authorities and tougher punishments for criminals.'
Matt Higginson, environment manager for the Environment Agency, said: 'This verdict is justice for residents who have had to endure misery and environmental damage at the hand of this gang.
'We are laser-focused on tackling illegal waste crime and are stepping up action with better intelligence, faster interventions and naming and shaming rogue operators.
'I would urge anyone who suspects illegal waste activity to report it anonymously so we can tackle these crimes head on.'
Under the new plans, the Environment Agency plan to increase enforcement and intervene earlier, backed by an additional £45million in allocated funding by the Government over the next three years.
The agency plans to make greater use of powers that can shut down an illegal waste operation immediately, with up to 51 weeks in prison for an operator who ignores the restriction.
It said it will also suspend or revoke permits for rubbish handling where there is evidence of criminal activity, and create a new 'intelligence unit' to hunt down criminals using tools ranging from aerial surveillance to financial data.
The Government is also looking to give the agency 'police-style' powers so that officers could search premises, seize assets and arrest people suspected of waste crime without a warrant.