May
11
It was announced on Friday that the city council at St. John’s will hire security services and increase patrolling in certain areas of the city in an attempt to reduce illegal waste dumping activities.
This step was taken after consistent increase in illegal waste disposal incidents in the city in recent months.
In a press release, it [...]
May
3
The residents of Windhoek, Namibia, are urged by the authorities to control all illegal waste management activities in the region.
The Kleine Kuppe Solid Waste Transfer Station was officially launched on 27th April by the deputy mayor of Windhoek, Gerson Kamatuka. The need for this new transfer station arose when the Olympia landfill site could no [...]
Apr
27
A mountain of household waste was found dumped on a site in Humberston, posing health risks and raking in more than £380,000 for the company responsible for it.
The main constituents of this large pile of waste – higher than a first floor office – included highly-flammable items, such as gas canisters. Being in a position [...]
Apr
20
It was discovered that about 2,000 tonnes of building waste was dumped at the Rosevale Caravan Park, Scarborough. An investigation is to be followed to find out more about this illegal waste management activity.
The Task Group formed for this purpose will present their recommendations to the Scarborough Council Cabinet, and these will be discussed by [...]
Apr
13
A suspicious fire was witnessed at a waste management and recycling yard in North Lanarkshire this week. An estimated damage of £500,000 was caused by this fire at the site.
Emergency services had to be called in at the site owned by New Town Skip Hire, Albert Street, Motherwell. The services, upon reaching the yard at [...]
Apr
6
A man, based in Carlisle, has accepted that he broke environmental laws at his business site in Dumfries and Galloway. Several offences were committed by his company at AJR Commercials in Kirkpatrick Fleming.
Ashley Ratcliffe, 41, admits that he failed to remove controlled waste from the site. He also accepted the fact that he kept waste [...]
Apr
2
Illegal Waste Found in the Conservation Area under Investigation
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A “significant” amount of illegal waste dumped in a special area of conservation is being investigated by the Environment Protection Agency and Laois County Council.
This site is located near the Vicarstown village close to the Grand Canal. The land is registered to people who seem to have strong connections in the waste management industry.
There is [...]
Mar
23
A judge, after refusing the skip hire operator to represent his company in the court, adjourned the trial earlier this week.
The trial for Albert Hill Skip Hire, based in Darlington, was being carried out at the Teesside Court by Judge Tony Briggs. This company was being represented by Raymond Antony Shepherd. The company is running [...]
Mar
16
Stewart Bradley, a skip hire worker, has been posing to be too unwell to work and pocketing thousands of pounds in disability pay and incapacity benefit.
Bradley claimed that his afflictions were so serious that he was not able to walk without the aid of walking sticks. He also said that barely walking for more than [...]
Mar
10
A former high profile skip hire owner, William O’Grady, was charged for creating the biggest illegal waste dump in the region. It was disclosed in the court hearing that he may have made financial benefits of about £50m from the numerous illegal waste management activities his company was involved in.
The [...]