newsMaintenance worker suffers life-changing crush injuries
A WORCESTER-based waste and recycling company has been fined £160,000 after a loading shovel bucket fell onto a maintenance worker.
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newsWaste management industry report launched
RS IS urging waste management industry operators to embrace strategic partnerships to help them overcome challenges like workforce shortages and Net Zero pressures, and achieve plant efficiencies, in what is a pivotal year for the sector.
newsCouncil worker crushed at London waste facility
A WASTE and recycling company has been fined £400k after a council worker was crushed at a waste facility in London.
newsMan jailed for running illegal waste site
A COUNTY Durham man has been jailed for operating an illegal waste site in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.
newsSkip hire boss in the dock
THE DIRECTOR of a Sheffield-based skip hire company has avoided an immediate spell behind bars after being found guilty of multiple breaches of health and safety law.
newsGuilty pleas from illegal waste site owners
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has attained guilty pleas from two men from Preston, in connection with illegal waste activities.
newsFailures at waste and recycling centre
A COMPANY that operates several household waste and recycling centres in Wales has been fined for failing to protect workers and members of the public.
newsJail terms for men who ran waste warehouse
ROUTINE COMPLAINTS about flies in a seaside town unearthed a vast cavern of illegally-stored waste.
newsWaste industry safety culture in good health
THE RESULTS of a recent independent study conducted for the Environmental Services Association (ESA) found that 87% of people working in the recycling and waste industry report feeling safe at work.
newsConviction for illegal asbestos site
PDM INDUSTRIES has been handed fines and costs totalling £60,046 and its director, Peter Marquis, received a 42-week prison sentence (suspended for 18 months) and 200 hours of unpaid community work for his involvement in the offences.
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