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Platinum Group Metals Recycling Ltd and its only director, Edvars Stancik, have been found guilty of illegally trading in catalytic convertors in Lincolnshire.
The Environment Agency and others are looking into evidence of potential waste crime found at a site near Verwood, Wimborne.
Environment Agency warns property and landowners to secure premises against criminals who dump illegally collected waste
Restriction order granted at Maidstone magistrates' court. Access to the premises is forbidden at all times.
A second man has been interviewed about the large-scale fly-tipping that occurred across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Illegal waste site: A man has been fined for failing to comply with a court order to clear waste from the site after an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency and partners carried out two road stops in Sussex to stop illegal waste carriers. 29 vehicles were stopped, and 27 offences were detected.
A father and son have been sentenced for operating an illegal waste site in Lancashire, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
A man has been sentenced for operating an illegal waste site and burning waste on the land, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Four people have been arrested in connection with an investigation into waste offences, fraud and money laundering after raids at three homes in Yorkshire.
Multiple people involved in a large-scale waste crime operation in Staffordshire are facing prison following a successful prosecution by the Environment Agency.
A director and his Manchester-based company have been hit with substantial fines following a significant breach of environmental regulations.
Officers from the Environment Agency and the Joint Unit for Waste Crime visited two landfill sites in the north of England in a day of action.
POCA hearing orders Michael William Leah to pay £54,900. Sum to be paid within three months. When he was convicted of six offences in 2011 he paid only £100
A Northumberland man who made his neighbours’ lives a misery during lockdown by storing and burning waste on an illegal waste site has been sentenced.
The Environment Agency launches Economic Crime Unit to address serious financial offences in the waste sector
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
From today, households no longer have to pay to get rid of DIY waste at council recycling centres
The Environment Agency is urging businesses and the public to help in the fight against waste crime.
Company and director to pay fines and costs of £13k for operating an illegal waste tyre storage site in Gateshead.
Reforms to household and business bin collections and a crackdown on unscrupulous waste carriers will boost recycling rates and protect the environment
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