Jan
28
Skip Firm Fined £20,000 for Illegal Storing of Waste on the Clee Hill
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The Environment Agency told the court that GR Shorthouse Ltd, located at Doddington Heights on Titterstone Clee Hill, had been keeping waste in skips as well as on the ground at the firm’s Clee Hill site. This is on the edge of Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The [...]
Jan
20
Former Skip Hire Boss Fined £2,500 for Running an Illegal Waste Site
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The former director of a skip hire company who had been running an illegal waste site for quite some time has been ordered by the court to pay more than £2,500.
The skip hire firm of Kenneth John Harrison had been involved in storing and sorting skips of plastics, toys and [...]
Jan
13
Two waste management companies, based in Barnsley, have been fined £10,000 each for waste crimes. They have been involved in repeated incidents of waste burning and are charged for breaching an environmental permit.
The two companies have been running skip hire services involving sorting of mixed waste at a single premises [...]
Jan
6
A Pensioner to Face Imprisonment for Illegal Waste Management
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Robert Nicholas Byard, 65, has to face 20 months in prison after he has been found guilty of various waste crimes he has been involved in for the past two years. The court has also ordered Byard to pay a sum of £53,949 in terms of costs to the Environment Agency.
Prosecutor [...]