News Essex man billed £85,000 for burning waste on “industrial scale” 15th January 2024 Environment Agency / open waste burning / Waste Crime News Man receives 10 month prison sentence for operating 3 illegal waste sites 21st December 2023 Environment Agency / Waste Crime / Waste Fire News Dartford fly tipper jailed and handed Criminal Behaviour Order 13th December 2023 Fly-Tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime News Illegal waste tyre operation fined £13,000 30th November 2023 Environment Agency / Waste Crime / Waste Tyres News 53% of people in the UK support an outright ban on waste exports 28th November 2023 energy from waste / Waste Crime / Waste Exports News Three former recycling workers jailed for bribery offences 13th November 2023 local authorities / Recycling / Waste Crime News Scottish Labour MSP proposes jailing big polluters for up to 20 years 8th November 2023 Labour / Scotland / Waste Crime News Two former waste collectors sentenced for defrauding council 31st October 2023 local authorities / Waste Collections / Waste Crime News UK government announces “simpler recycling” waste reforms 21st October 2023 consistency collections / Defra / local authorities / Waste Crime News Worcestershire waste boss and firm fined nearly £110,000 2nd October 2023 Environment Agency / Waste Crime News Newcastle man sentenced for dumping asbestos-contaminated waste 18th September 2023 asbestos / Environment Agency / Waste Crime News “Prolific” Lancashire waste criminal jailed for over 3 years 15th September 2023 Environment Agency / Waste Crime News Mother and son sentenced for illegal waste site that caught fire 11th September 2023 Environment Agency / local authorities / Waste Crime News Defra publishes local authority fly tipping enforcement league tables 23rd August 2023 fly tipping / local authorities / Waste Crime News Jail term for illegal waste business that created Thames flood risk 17th August 2023 Environment Agency / Waste Crime / Waste Fires News EA launches consultation on unlimited fines for polluters 16th August 2023 Environment Agency / Waste Crime / water News £47,970 in penalties for Scunthorpe waste company and director 27th July 2023 Environment Agency / Waste Crime News Polluters to face “unlimited penalties” under new legislation 12th July 2023 Environment Agency / polluter pays / Waste Crime First 1 2 … 11 12 13 … 25 26 Last
