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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.
The owner of a closed down waste site which went up in flames has received a suspended jail sentence after a successful prosecution by the Environment Agency.
Three firms prosecuted by Environment Agency for storing wood which posed fire risk
Prolific waste crime offender, John Leslie Allison, has been ordered to pay £368,682.50 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
A range of polluting single-use plastics will be banned from October 2023 following the Government's consultation
The Environment Agency revoked a trader’s licence to carry waste after he was convicted of fly-tipping, burning waste and false advertising on Facebook.
The Environment Agency and Kent Police road stop led to £2,300 of fixed penalty fines being issued.
Portsmouth pair's company ignored safety orders
The UK Government will attend the first negotiations meeting in Uruguay for a global plastics treaty
Whites Recycling Limited fined £36,000 for breaching environmental permit and unlawfully storing waste.
Company given strict conditions to protect the environment
Waste facility accepted responsibility for releasing contaminated liquid into groundwater.
On Monday 10th October 2022, the UK Government and the Government of Ghana held a Carbon Market Development Roundtable at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra.
An operation to extinguish an ongoing fire at a green waste composting site in Bedlington, will commence today under close supervision by the Environment Agency.
Guy Fawkes’ Night is a calendar highlight. But if you’re going to celebrate it, go to an organised event rather than risk being a “bonfire bandit”.
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