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Local wildlife trusts to receive a £20,000+ windfall.

• Updated: 14 February 2024

Pensioner's Poltimore piles prison punishment.

• Updated: 9 February 2024

Environment Agency officers blocked by operator

• Updated: 6 February 2024

The Environment Agency launches Economic Crime Unit to address serious financial offences in the waste sector

• Updated: 5 February 2024

Abdul Monir found guilty of running an illegal waste transfer station and depositing waste on Network Rail land. Monir also ordered to pay £2,000 compensation.

• Updated: 2 February 2024

A Bridgwater waste business director's company took in excess waste, then failed to have it removed after being told to do so by the Environment Agency.

• Updated: 31 January 2024

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health.

• Updated: 28 January 2024

Working Group provides a platform to begin engagement with the community

• Updated: 25 January 2024

A North Yorkshire man has received a suspended prison sentence for the illegal deposit of waste on the River Swale flood plain.

• Updated: 24 January 2024

James Mete's family found were guilty of running illegal waste site in 2019. Mete sentenced after police catch up with him after he absconded whilst on bail.

• Updated: 19 January 2024

A 61-year-old man who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency warnings about depositing, storing and treating waste illegally has been jailed.

• Updated: 17 January 2024

The Environment Agency has blocked access to the site in Ashford, Kent, to prevent further 'illegal' tipping.

• Updated: 17 January 2024

Sector colleagues come together to collaborate on future geological disposal research at annual Nuclear Waste Services event

• Updated: 15 January 2024

Environmental Permit public consultation now open until 22 February for Wisbech Incinerator in Cambridgeshire.

• Updated: 15 January 2024

Slurry from Bycott Farm near Tiverton ran into a stream causing pollution for at least 2 months, a court heard on Thursday 11 January. 

• Updated: 12 January 2024

A man who was jailed for illegally importing and burning waste in Essex has been ordered to pay costs of £85,000.

• Updated: 12 January 2024

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has received a financial boost after the Environment Agency accepted an Enforcement Undertaking offer from Swanline Print Ltd.

• Updated: 8 January 2024

Dr Margaret Bates has been appointed to the role of Head for the UK Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging Scheme Administrator.

• Updated: 4 January 2024

Juliet brings over 25 years of commercial expertise to NWS

• Updated: 4 January 2024

From today, households no longer have to pay to get rid of DIY waste at council recycling centres

• Updated: 1 January 2024