This is the moment a lorry linked to 28 major fly-tipping offences across the West Midlands was crushed by the Environment Agency on Friday. The 20-tonne vehicle was seized by officers last year as part of an investigation into large scale dumping in the region.

 There’s a 12 month waiting list for new lorries so second hand motors are in big demand, the people who authorised this are as bigger criminals as the fly tippers, let’s have some common since instead of procedure.  As a truck lover, this is just cruel and heartbreaking to watch. That is a 32 tonner, there has been a lot of prep work carried out beforehand, the cabs and tipper bodies don't just fall off like that!
I once worked at a scrapyard, it was heartbreaking to see some of the vehicles that were destroyed, e.g. 3 x Honda Jazz's with LESS than 6 miles on the clocks of all three added up (used for seat belt anchorage testing only), McClaren F1 prototype, pre war Citroen Traction Avant,  more Rover P4's than I care to remember, worst time was the government salvage scheme, a perfect Mercedes A class 11,000 miles, a perfect Suzuki Swift less than 6,000.  Terrible waste!!
 Here in the USA, in most cases a vehicle seized for some kind of illegal activity will be auctioned off, or at least impounded and have to be returned only after fines/impound fees are paid, and if those are not, then it will go to auction in that case.  I have seen cases where street racer cars have been crushed though.  Environmental Agency takes it out on a good Volvo Truck. This only adds to environmental issues and compounds the Fly-Tip Issues. A poor decision, when it could have been auctioned-off. There are many struggling charities that could sure use the money, and who must view "the supreme authorities" as being 'just as criminal'. Now, Britain will be covered in MORE acid rain from the coking coal used in melting the metal down in the recycling process.