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The Environment Agency worked with Northamptonshire police to execute a warrant at a suspected illegal waste site in Corby which was operating as Abbey Skips.
Two former company directors have been fined more than £22,000 and £19,000 in costs.
Ensure you use legally registered waste carriers
Illegal waste storage, metal theft and drug dealing prompts multi agency raid at site in Raspberry Hill, Sittingbourne
The Sellafield Ltd Game Changers programme is going from strength to strength in solving some of our most complex technical challenges,
Taking action in partnership with communities for future generations
Safety performance at Sellafield has been recognised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA.)
Using unregistered waste removal firms could cause rubbish to be dumped or burned and the person who hired them given a criminal record.
The single-use carrier bag charge will be extended to all retailers and increased to 10p from April 2021 to further protect our oceans from plastic waste.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Essex residents are being urged to get rid of their waste properly after around 8 houses-worth of rubbish was discovered illegally dumped in Chelmsford.
The Government sets out how it will underpin key environmental commitments with legally binding targets, including for air quality, water, waste and biodiversity.
JUWC Enforcement Officers and Lancashire Police have raided a site near Blackburn which contains around 50,000 tonnes of landfill waste.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has today published its fourth Draft Strategy and begun a 12-week public consultation.
Dr Martin James introduces the UK’s radioactive waste inventories in his blog
Arbenigwyr ym meysydd daeareg a gwastraff ymbelydrol yn y DU yn cytuno ar Femorandwm Cyd-ddealltwriaeth ynghylch bwrw ymlaen â rhaglen gwaredu daearegol y DU
Dr Sam King introduces the thinking behind geological disposal in her blog
New agreement offers opportunities for innovation and value for money.
A Cumbrian business has unveiled a £500,000 investment which will help clean-up Sellafield while sustaining jobs and saving money for the taxpayer.
Research Support Office established in partnership with University of Manchester and University of Sheffield
Charity sanction pays for mass tree-planting in east London.
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