The illegal disposal of waste is a serious community, environmental, health and financial issue. Illegal waste is a major pollutant which directly causes land degradation, impacts the air quality and has significant detrimental effects on fauna, flora, groundwater, soil quality and nearby water supplies. These pollutants can impact human health directly. By coming into contact with certain types of waste people are at risk of many adverse health effects including kidney and lung damage right through to a risk of fatality. Illegal dumping also has impacts for land owners who could be breaking the law by knowingly or unknowingly allowing waste to be dumped on their property without the necessary approvals, licence or permit. Clean-up costs can easily range between thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars which can be passed on to landowners and tax payers therefore impacting entire communities.