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Facebook users in Bedfordshire that use unregistered waste carriers could find themselves ‘accidental criminals’, warns the Environment Agency.
Green waste from around the county tends to be fly-tipped near Plymouth at this time of year. Help stop it by checking the credentials of any waste removers.
The Environment Agency worked with Northamptonshire police to execute a warrant at a suspected illegal waste site in Corby which was operating as Abbey Skips.
Ensure you use legally registered waste carriers
Illegal waste storage, metal theft and drug dealing prompts multi agency raid at site in Raspberry Hill, Sittingbourne
Using unregistered waste removal firms could cause rubbish to be dumped or burned and the person who hired them given a criminal record.
Essex residents are being urged to get rid of their waste properly after around 8 houses-worth of rubbish was discovered illegally dumped in Chelmsford.
JUWC Enforcement Officers and Lancashire Police have raided a site near Blackburn which contains around 50,000 tonnes of landfill waste.
A Cambridgeshire illegal waste site the size of a football pitch has been swooped on by the Environment Agency as part of work to shut it down for good.
Environment Agency staff joined forces with partners to enter onto a suspected illegal waste site in Essex.
The Environment Agency and Warwickshire Police have joined forces during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to investigate reports of an illegal waste site.
The Environment Agency continues to respond to reports of illegal waste sites, even during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Waste criminals are being warned against flouting the law during lockdown.
Court order prohibits importation of waste to Kingstand Golf and Country Club and an adjoining farm.
Offender illegally transported scrap metal without a licence
Emma Howard Boyd speaks at a Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum on environmental standards and the Office for Environmental Protection.
Landmark Bill will better protect our natural environment for generations to come.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A man who ran illegal waste sites – dangerously hoarding hundreds of tonnes of waste tyres – has been handed a 12 month suspended prison sentence.
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