Private Boarding School Fined £50,000

20/07/2023

A private boarding school fined £50,000 after exposing two employees, five pupils, and two other children to high levels of radioactive radon gas.

Landowner fined after public attacked by cows

09/06/2023

A landowner has been fined after public attacked by cows which resulted in serious injuries.  A fine of £15,000 was imposed after members of the public were seriously injured by cattle while walking along footpaths on the landowner’s estate.

Waste Exemptions are Changing

30/05/2023

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

Directors jailed after five men died

18/05/2023

Two company directors jailed after five men died after a wall collapsed. The directors ran a Birmingham metal recycling business where a wall toppled over.

County Durham man sentenced after waste burnt

28/04/2023

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

Employee Died while Loading Lorry

18/04/2023

An employee died while loading lorry at a landscaping company which resulted in the company being fined following a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive. An East Yorkshire garden landscaping supply company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry.

Corporate Manslaughter Prosecution

28/02/2023

A corporate manslaughter prosecution by Dorset Police has resulted in convictions for a waste management company and its director.

A waste and recycling company has been sentenced for corporate manslaughter and other health and safety offences following the death of a man at a site in Poole.

North East Waste Operator Sentenced

01/02/2023

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

26/01/2023

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

19/01/2023

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.