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The Environment Agency has published a first-of-its-kind watchlist naming 117 high-priority illegal waste sites in England, including 28 "super sites" holding over 20,000 tonnes each, with a combined total of approximately 1.7 million tonnes of waste. The publication follows years of parliamentary criticism over enforcement failures, a decade-long collapse in prosecutions, and an estimated £1 billion annual economic cost — while the agency itself lacks funding to clear most of the sites it has identified.