Waste Exemptions are Changing

Waste exemptions are changing following a review by the Environment Agency. Changes the previous consultation provide indicators of the changes coming.

County Durham man sentenced after waste burnt

County Durham man sentenced after waste burnt on land near Derwent Reservoir following Environment Agency investigation.

North East Waste Operator Sentenced

A North East waste operator sentenced to 30 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months following a successful prosecution by the Environment Agency.

Waste Wood Prosecutions

Waste wood prosecutions have resulted in fines and costs totalling £61,380 on a West Midlands company director and his waste wood recycling operations

Waste company fined for illegal sewage operation

Waste company fined for illegal sewage operation at Warminster.  Waste management company Cleansing Services Group Ltd, has been fined more than £72,000 after it treated sewage without a permit, despite knowing that they were acting illegally.

New year, new knowledgebase service!

New year, new knowledgebase service for our clients!  Happy new year to all our clients and thank you for your support during 2022.  Here at Jacksons, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our services to customers and to make compliance simpler to understand.  Whether it is health and safety legislation, environmental issues or food safety, having easy access to answers is important to every business.  If you get a visit from the Health and Safety Executive or the Environment Agency and need answers quickly, Jacksons’ knowledgebase can help. That is why we are very excited to launch our new free knowledge base service exclusively for clients. 

Observations from Spain

Observations from Spain looks at some of the differences in health, safety and environmental regulation in Spain and the UK

Pollution enforcement undertaking

A company which handles hazardous waste has agreed a pollution enforcement undertaking following groundwater contamination. The company made a payment of £25,000 to an environmental charity following the contamination of groundwater at its site.

Duty of Care fine

Jacksons consultants consider a recent duty of care fine and the guidance which waste holders should comply with when transferring their waste to others

Water company fined £1.2m

Water company fined £1.2m after admitting causing pollution.  Anglian Water has been hit with fines totalling £1,221,000 after it admitted to causing pollution incidents in two separate court cases this week. The water company was ordered to pay £871,000 after a catalogue of system and maintenance failures caused several incidents of pollution across Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, […]