news£2M fine after ‘reckless’ polluting
THAMES WATER has been fined £2 million after raw sewage polluted two Oxfordshire streams, killing almost 150 fish. The sewage also flooded a nearby garden.
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newsScrap tyre duo prosecuted
TWO MEN running a recycling business in West Sussex let old tyres pile up at their yard, making them extremely flammable, a court has been told.
newsFood recycling company fined for illegal waste activities
A FOOD waste recycling company has been fined £36k for the illegal spreading and storage of waste at three sites in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, in a sentencing case heard at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 16 November 2022.
newsCornwall skip hire boss ordered to pay £237k
CRAIG HUTTON of Skip It was convicted of operating the business without environmental permits.
newsWaste offender prosecuted
A DARLINGTON man has been given a two-year community order to incorporate 20 rehabilitation activity days and 300 hours unpaid work after magistrates in Middlesbrough sentenced him for serious waste offences.
newsSouthampton targeted for illegal waste exports
A FORMER company director has been fined for exporting banned household waste from Southampton.
newsPrison sentence for illegal waste activity
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.
productClear waste management benefits
IMPROVED IDENTIFICATION and segregation of waste materials in warehouses and distribution centres is provided by the racksack clear system, now available from Beaverswood.
newsIllegal waste operator and landowner prosecuted
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has successfully prosecuted an illegal waste operator who used land near in Newark, Nottinghamshire, to burn waste in 2018.
newsPair convicted for waste injection scheme
LIQUID WASTE from chemical toilets, abattoir washings and other sources was injected into fields across Cornwall and cost two men more than £240,000.
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