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A Northumberland man who made his neighbours’ lives a misery during lockdown by storing and burning waste on an illegal waste site has been sentenced.
Local wildlife trusts to receive a £20,000+ windfall.
Pensioner's Poltimore piles prison punishment.
Environment Agency officers blocked by operator
James Mete's family found were guilty of running illegal waste site in 2019. Mete sentenced after police catch up with him after he absconded whilst on bail.
A 61-year-old man who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency warnings about depositing, storing and treating waste illegally has been jailed.
Slurry from Bycott Farm near Tiverton ran into a stream causing pollution for at least 2 months, a court heard on Thursday 11 January.
A man who was jailed for illegally importing and burning waste in Essex has been ordered to pay costs of £85,000.
Government will make it easier for people and businesses to reuse and recycle their old electrical goods
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Former company director from Epping given community sentence and £4,000 costs for illegally dumping waste in Gerrards Cross.
The Environment Agency is urging businesses and the public to help in the fight against waste crime.
A tyre dealer and repairer has been prosecuted for failing to submit waste transfer notes when asked to move 844 tyres from his Derbyshire base.
Brothers’ prison terms and director bans for multiple illegal waste sites
Reforms to household and business bin collections and a crackdown on unscrupulous waste carriers will boost recycling rates and protect the environment
Environment Agency launches consultation on updating charges for regulating notified international waste shipments
Court told director and his company had no environmental permit. Judge said case was a flagrant breach of law.
NWS engaging with three other communities about hosting a GDF
Figures show massive decrease in number of single-use bags sold by main retailers since 2014.
Extended producer responsibility scheme deferred for a year until October 2025
Land was covered by exemption certificate allowing some waste to be stored, but not the huge amounts that led to the prosecution
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