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Skip man’s offences spanned a decade.
The Joint Unit for Waste Crime celebrates its first anniversary of cracking down on criminals and gangs who commit serious and organised waste crime.
Residents and social media users in the North East that use unregistered waste carriers could find themselves ‘accidental criminals’, warns the Environment Agency.
A Teesside-based company has been fined £36,000 for illegally depositing waste following a successful Environment Agency prosecution.
The Environment Agency has launched an appeal to catch the people who dumped asbestos in a Devon watercourse.
The Environment Agency has intercepted increasing amounts of contaminated plastic waste which were bound for illegal export.
Chance police check in Chiswick.
The British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur and partners will be running the Blu Hope campaign on World Children’s Day on 20 November 2020.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Adversity has been transformed into opportunity following a leak in a 60-year-old tank at Sellafield.
Multi-agency visits prompted by rise in theft of cabling catalytic converters.
The Environment Agency has blocked access to land in Northumberland to prevent the illegal dumping and burning of waste.
Ministers continue fight against plastic waste to protect natural environments and marine wildlife.
Van registered at Brackley address tied to wood dumped inside M25.
Minutes from a ministerial roundtable on smoking related litter.
The Environment Agency worked with Northamptonshire police to execute a warrant at a suspected illegal waste site in Corby which was operating as Abbey Skips.
Using unregistered waste removal firms could cause rubbish to be dumped or burned and the person who hired them given a criminal record.
The single-use carrier bag charge will be extended to all retailers and increased to 10p from April 2021 to further protect our oceans from plastic waste.
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