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A Midlands-based waste company and a partner in the business have been prosecuted for failing to comply with a demand for information about materials accepted.
Hauliers in Devon and Cornwall will be asked for more detail on how they deal with waste soils.
A company and its director have been fined for ignoring Environment Agency warnings to stop burning waste on rural land in West Yorkshire.
UK and Welsh Governments launch joint consultation to reform environmental permitting regulations, supporting UK Government’s Plan for Change
Three defendants have been fined for their involvement in illegal waste activity in Northamptonshire, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Company and director to pay fines and costs of £13k for operating an illegal waste tyre storage site in Gateshead.
Reforms to crack down on dangerous waste cowboys and illegal practices.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Colin Barnes given 6 month prison sentence and hit with a Criminal Behaviour Order for storing scrap cars and parts without a permit.
Simon Mason illegally stored and burned waste at Holbeach home.
Two company directors have been in the Old Bailey court this week for operating an illegal waste wood operation in Essex.
Companies to pay more than £15,000 for breaching environment permits.
A Devon businessman has been ordered by Exeter Crown Court to spend £85,344 of his own money removing waste he illegally deposited on a floodplain near Cullompton.
A Cambridgeshire illegal waste site the size of a football pitch has been swooped on by the Environment Agency as part of work to shut it down for good.
Environment Agency issues warning to prevent landowners becoming a victim at the hands of waste criminals.
To restore land to agricultural use, the landowner imported 23,500 tonnes of soil but was only allowed a maximum of 1,000 tonnes.
A Norfolk farmer collected and burned hazardous waste including fridges, freezers and dead animals despite Environment Agency warnings.
A company has been ordered to pay £10,476 in fines and costs for illegally disposing of thousands of tonnes of waste on agricultural land near Exeter.
Businessman Roger Baker has been ordered to pay more than £6,650 for illegally disposing of thousands of tonnes of waste on farmland near Exeter.
A Boston farmer faces a clean-up bill for 250 tonnes of waste after being scammed by an unscrupulous waste criminal
Farmers in Lincolnshire are being warned by the Environment Agency to avoid a new scam that will leave them with large clean-up costs.
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