Nov
25
Skip Hire Firm Ordered to Pay £5,940 for Illegal Waste Disposal
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A skip hire firm based in North Cornwall has been ordered by the court to pay £5,940 in terms of fines and costs. The company has been charged with several waste offences after being reported by the Environment Agency.
The skip hire firm is operating a waste transfer station at Dinscott [...]
Nov
18
Investigation is being carried out over a skip hire firm after the incident of a large-scale bonfire took place causing ‘acrid smoke’ covering the area in Clayton-le-Moors. There have been many complaints from the residents regarding fires set at this site. The residents have also pointed out to the fact [...]
Nov
10
A man was given a 15 month jail sentence followed by a successful prosecution by UK’s Environment Agency (EA). He was charged for illegal dumping of more than a million waste tyres across the country.
Carl David Steele, from Spalding, Lincolnshire, was accused of dumping tyres at various environmentally sensitive areas, [...]
Nov
4
Illegal Dumping Spotted on Google Earth
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The staff of Compliance and Enforcement removed about 240 tonnes of illegal waste from Crown land near Oscar Creek, Canada, earlier this month. They received help from local volunteers and other businesses to carry out the waste removal efficiently.
The clean-up process was carried out using a special, long-reach backhoe. [...]