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Fifty-six councils across the UK to receive funding totalling more than £1.2 million to target chewing gum stains
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Scunthorpe-based company and a director for operating an illegal waste facility.
An East Yorkshire man received a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation and costs, after illegally storing hazardous waste including flooring materials with the appearance of containing asbestos and…
A Sheffield waste operator has been issued with a further restriction order at its waste site to prevent it from accepting and managing waste.
Schoolchildren taught about period products and why they should never be flushed down the loo.
An Essex waste company and its directors have been fined more than £20,000 after they stored tonnes of waste illegally at a site in Braintree.
£775,000 to be spent on schemes across England
The Environment Agency has blocked access to a skips site in Sheffield to prevent it from accepting and managing waste.
Today the NDA and NWS hosted their first staff tree planting event in partnership with Cumbria Woodlands.
A company has made a financial contribution of £30,090.08 to the Woodland Trust after they failed to comply with packaging waste regulations.
The Environment Agency is on a mission to tackle plastic pollution with the launch of interactive 'Source to Sea' posters across Plymouth.
Three firms prosecuted by Environment Agency for storing wood which posed fire risk
Prolific waste crime offender, John Leslie Allison, has been ordered to pay £368,682.50 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
A range of polluting single-use plastics will be banned from October 2023 following the Government's consultation
The Environment Agency revoked a trader’s licence to carry waste after he was convicted of fly-tipping, burning waste and false advertising on Facebook.
The Environment Agency and Kent Police road stop led to £2,300 of fixed penalty fines being issued.
The UK Government will attend the first negotiations meeting in Uruguay for a global plastics treaty
Whites Recycling Limited fined £36,000 for breaching environmental permit and unlawfully storing waste.
Waste facility accepted responsibility for releasing contaminated liquid into groundwater.
On Monday 10th October 2022, the UK Government and the Government of Ghana held a Carbon Market Development Roundtable at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra.
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