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Investigations off the coast of Copeland to provide data about the potential of deep geology to host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF).
Investigation by Environment Agency ends in prosecution of ex-company director.
Report highlights safety record, GDF progress, innovations, and savings.
Potential grant funding for councils to remove barriers to redevelop land and promote regeneration of communities.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Colin Barnes given 6 month prison sentence and hit with a Criminal Behaviour Order for storing scrap cars and parts without a permit.
Partnership provides a platform to extend local discussions and trigger local investment funding
The Environment Agency is reminding roofers and builders in Devon and Cornwall to take responsibility for their waste.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted an illegal waste operator who used land near in Newark, Nottinghamshire, to burn waste in 2018.
Liquid waste from chemical toilets, abattoir washings and other sources was injected into fields across Cornwall and cost two men more than £240,000.
Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan's speech on waste crime at a Let’s Recycle and Environmental Services Association event on Tuesday 12 April.
Plans to save money for households disposing of DIY waste, alongside new grant funding for Local Authorities to clamp down on fly-tipping.
A major project to dispose of more than 1,000 stainless steel drums of waste has successfully completed its initial rail transfer.
Environment Agency works with partners to target hauliers moving waste in Staffordshire.
Three local initiatives in Copeland receive investment from the GDF Programme Community Investment Funding made available to benefit communities.
A new consultation has launched as the Environment Agency is 'minded to’ issue a permit to operate a new energy from waste incinerator in Westbury.
Electronic waste fraud case ends in convicted criminals receiving confiscation orders.
A man who spent 20 months dumping waste on a field has been given three months to clear up his mess.
Company pays £17,600 to Bradgate Park Trust’s Jubilee Woodland project.
Discussions underway with a number of communities about geological disposal
New national capability to manage the UK’s radioactive waste
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