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A man has been fined over £5,000 after he burnt waste illegally for months on end at his Cambridgeshire home.
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.
Liquid waste from chemical toilets, abattoir washings and other sources was injected into fields across Cornwall and cost two men more than £240,000.
Officers from the Environment Agency joined forces with Gloucestershire Police, the Driver Vehicle Standards Agency, Gloucester City Council and Tewkesbury Borough Council on Thursday 24 March to carry out roadside vehicle s…
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a former Derbyshire farmer for burning waste without an environmental permit.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two men who stored more than 26,000 cubic metres of waste illegally at a site on land next to the M54 motorway.
Martin Ward pleaded guilty to dumping waste in Charlton, Greenwich, Lambeth and Peckham.
A man from County Durham has been ordered to pay £1,251 in fines and costs for obstructing and abusing Environment Agency officers who wanted to conduct a site inspection.
A man who spent 20 months dumping waste on a field has been given three months to clear up his mess.
The Environment Agency will consult on its draft decision to vary environmental permitting conditions for Walleys Quarry Landfill, Cemetery Road, Silverdale, Newcastle under Lyme.
An online initiative calling on Hampshire’s coastal and river communities to collect and record litter found across the Solent is now live.
The traditional board game of snakes and ladders has been given a digital makeover by the Environment Agency for the 2022 Winter Olympics (4-20 February).
The operator of the former Path Head Quarry landfill near Ryton has agreed to pay £75,000 to local charitable causes after nuisance odours from its site blighted north east homes in 2016.
Gateshead business partners who operated an illegal Newcastle waste site – with one defendant fly-tipping waste across the city – have been sentenced.
New plans will help tackle fly-tipping and illegal waste exports through stricter background checks and mandatory digital waste tracking
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Environment Agency have prosecuted Mr Evran Connell, 54, of Kiln Lane, Healds Green, Chadderton, Oldham for failing to operate within an environmental permit
Environment Agency guidance encouraging people to kick plastics out of sport takes another step forward with the release of advice for community-driven clubs.
As you start to plan your festivities and you purchase your Christmas food and gifts. There are some simple steps we can take to make Christmas more sustainable
A Dorset man who ran an illegal dumping ground has been ordered to pay more than £3,000.
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