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A joint operation by the Environment Agency, Calderdale Council, Bradford Council and West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue targeting waste sites that might pose a fire risk, uncovered two sites operating illegally in Calderdale an…
A company which flouted the rules to store highly flammable tyres on a Northamptonshire site has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,463.
Maximum on-the-spot fines for litter, graffiti and fly-tipping to increase under PM’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Fifty-six councils across the UK to receive funding totalling more than £1.2 million to target chewing gum stains
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Scunthorpe-based company and a director for operating an illegal waste facility.
An East Yorkshire man received a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation and costs, after illegally storing hazardous waste including flooring materials with the appearance of containing asbestos and…
West Yorkshire man gets director ban after unlawful business that saw sons jailed.
A conman who toured England to deceive customers over the disposal of harmful asbestos has been ordered to pay back £82,100.
A Sheffield waste operator has been issued with a further restriction order at its waste site to prevent it from accepting and managing waste.
Man’s 40 destinations of deception read like an A-Z, including several locations in the South East.
2 men operating from a Skegness waste site have been jailed and a third sentenced after the Environment Agency found they were storing material illegally.
A man has been fined and ordered to pay costs and victim surcharge after ignoring repeated warnings at a site in Worksop.
Schoolchildren taught about period products and why they should never be flushed down the loo.
An Essex waste company and its directors have been fined more than £20,000 after they stored tonnes of waste illegally at a site in Braintree.
£775,000 to be spent on schemes across England
The Environment Agency has blocked access to a skips site in Sheffield to prevent it from accepting and managing waste.
Defendant was tried in his absence after failing to appear at court last week. Evidence of persistent offending led to his conviction on 3 counts of waste crime.
Today the NDA and NWS hosted their first staff tree planting event in partnership with Cumbria Woodlands.
A company has made a financial contribution of £30,090.08 to the Woodland Trust after they failed to comply with packaging waste regulations.
The Environment Agency is on a mission to tackle plastic pollution with the launch of interactive 'Source to Sea' posters across Plymouth.
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