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.

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, […]

Waste offences in Darlington

Waste offences in Darlington have resulted in a Darlington man been given a two-year community order to incorporate 20 rehabilitation activity days and 300 hours unpaid work after magistrates in Middlesbrough sentenced him for serious waste offences.  He was also disqualified from acting as a company director for three years and ordered to pay £490 […]

All you need to know about permit management systems

If you operate a waste management facility your environmental permit requires you to have a written management system in place and in this article all you need to know about permit management systems, we explain what you need. A management system is simply a set of procedures describing what you will do to minimise the risk of pollution from the activities covered by your environmental permit.