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New NWS report highlights significant and long-term opportunities for a local workforce
Fly-tipper Vitor Da Silva has been fined after he failed to clear illegally dumped waste from a field in Daccombe near Newton Abbot.
Investigations off the coast of Copeland to provide data about the potential of deep geology to host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF).
Nappies, golf balls and an old toilet brush among the cargo a businessman tried to pass off as legal cargo.
Investigation by Environment Agency ends in prosecution of ex-company director.
Report highlights safety record, GDF progress, innovations, and savings.
A 40-year-old man who ignored Environment Agency warnings to stop illegally importing and burning waste at 2 Essex sites has been sent to prison for 14 months.
Michael Shilling’s vehicle caught on CCTV after depositing 3 lorry loads of waste. Vehicle crushed by Environment Agency.
Potential grant funding for councils to remove barriers to redevelop land and promote regeneration of communities.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Colin Barnes given 6 month prison sentence and hit with a Criminal Behaviour Order for storing scrap cars and parts without a permit.
PJC Sweepers stung with £6,000 fine plus £14,000 in costs and compensation after Sam Dowell hired its trucks to dump earth without permit.
Condoms and cans caught in Kent containers - company admits mistakes in port blunder.
Partnership provides a platform to extend local discussions and trigger local investment funding
CCTV footage captures arriving vehicles laden with waste and then leaving empty.
Tiny fragments of paper, plastic and wood among rubbish piled 20 metres high.
Two-year fly-tip racket catches up with pensioner
Company director piled up more than 2,000 tonnes of illegal rubbish.
The Environment Agency is reminding roofers and builders in Devon and Cornwall to take responsibility for their waste.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted an illegal waste operator who used land near in Newark, Nottinghamshire, to burn waste in 2018.
Trevor Sieley continued to store and burn waste despite repeated warnings from Environment Agency.
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