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Low Level Waste Repository Ltd (LLWR) is now a subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) after its ownership was transferred from UK Nuclear Waste Management Ltd (UKNWM).
RWM has been recognised as one the UK’s best organisations for supporting staff mental health after collecting a Workplace Wellbeing silver award from the charity Mind.
Stephen Fenwick has been handed a suspended prison sentence following an Environment Agency investigation.
A scrap metal exporter and a middle-man broker have been told to pay over £800,000 for taking advantage of a quarry that became an illegal tipping site.
Man fined for illegal dumping of waste in Raynes Park following tip-off from local resident.
Multi-agency operation to curtail the activities of a convicted criminal in Worcestershire.
A Bristol man has been prosecuted for fly-tipping waste in Avonmouth by the Environment Agency after being caught on CCTV.
Clampdown saw 10 traders suspected of selling without the correct permissions in place having their eBay accounts suspended.
The Environment Agency has accepted an Enforcement Undertaking from a Worcestershire-based fresh mushroom supplier who broke packaging regulations.
Multi-agency action checks waste collectors are complying with the law.
The UK government and EDF have agreed improved arrangements to safely and efficiently decommission Britain’s 7 AGRs, due to reach the end of their operational lives this decade.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
East Anglian Resources goes into liquidation ahead of court sentencing for dust and fire prevention failings.
BRC Haulage Ltd and its director fined for moving waste in and out of illegal Northampton waste site.
The Environment Agency has joined forces with national school network Partners in Excellence to launch a plastic pollution-focused award for young people.
The Coal Authority is applying a zero waste method to the disposal of its reed bed cuttings by composting the material to divert it away from landfill sites.
Cutting-edge engineering system passes its first major test, sealing a deep borehole in one of the rock types that could host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF)
Multi-agency visits find Openreach and UK Power Network cables deposited at waste site.
Finland will become the first country to operate a geological disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel
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