Waste 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.
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.
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.
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has successfully prosecuted a Birmingham company for failing to clear around 4,000 tonnes of waste from land near Fradley in Staffordshire.
A WORKER suffered burns to his face and body after the crowbar he was using came into contact with a live electrical conductor.
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has successfully prosecuted a waste transport company for causing liquid cyanide to leak from a lorry at an industrial estate in Heanor, Derbyshire.
THE OWNER of a waste treatment plant in Barking barred environment inspectors from entering the site unless they handed over thousands of pounds in bogus fees.
A BRIDGWATER waste business director’s company took in excess waste, then failed to have it removed after being told to do so by the Environment Agency.
A MAN from Faversham was finally caught and arrested after absconding when he was found guilty of running an illegal waste operation in 2019.
A WASTE company has been fined over £250,000 after a member of the public was run over by one of its vehicles and died.
A DIRECTOR and his waste company have been ordered to pay nearly £110,000 following a case brought by the Environment Agency for illegal waste activities.
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