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Two high profile waste offences, committed in Yorkshire in 2017 have been taken into account on sentencing at a court hearing in Preston
The Environment Agency has prosecuted John Leslie Allison, 75, of Southfield Lane, Colne, Burnley for undertaking illegal waste activities at two sites in Lancashire without a permit.
GDF process requires community consent
Tower cranes mark latest Programme and Project Partners achievement
Soiled nappies, wigs and clothing in illegal shipment despite earlier conviction.
A year of progress towards delivering a Geological Disposal Facility for UK higher-activity radioactive waste.
Preparations are underway for a return of substituted Intermediate Level Waste to Australia.
One of the nuclear site's biggest ever construction projects has taken a huge step forward – 2 months ahead of schedule.
An Environment Agency employee from Brighton is embarking on a once in a lifetime sailing voyage to highlight the issues of plastic pollution and climate change.
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
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