Waste Prosecutions

General waste related prosecutions

Sources:

Environment Agency

SEPA

NRW

DAERA

2021

Landlord fine for flytipping flat clearance – Slough BC 18 Jun

Haulier ordered to pay nearly £10,000 for illegal waste activity – 11 Jun EA

2020

Illegal vehicle dismantler hit with £384k fine – EA – 9 Mar 2020

‘Plymouth’s worst fly tipper’ extradited and jailed – EA – 24 Feb 2020

Cameras lead to flytipping conviction –  Bucks CC – 12 Feb

Builder prosecuted for failing duty of care – Bucks CC – 6 Feb 2020

Businessman fined for illegal waste site – EA – 29 Jan 2020

Kent woman jailed for part in illegal waste operation – EA – 22 Jan 2020

Director ban and fines for illegal Oxfordshire waste wood operation – EA – 9 Jan 2020

Cornwall transfer station manager given suspended sentence for illegal operation – EA – 8 Jan 2020

Jail sentences for Midlands brothers issuing £1.5m fraudulent WEEE evidence – EA – 6 Jan 2020

2019

Hampshire landowner fined for running a scrap metal operation on a protected SSSI – Natural England – 19 Dec 2019

Shropshire farmer fined £800 for dumping illegal waste – EA – 17 Dec 2019

Co Tyrone man fined £10,000 for waste offending – NIEA – 9 Dec 2019

Trio convicted for fly-tipping waste in Havant – EA – 6 Nov 19

Sunderland man charged over £12,000 for running illegal waste operation – EA – 5 Nov 2019

South Shields waste crime offender ordered to pay over £6,000 – EA – 7 Oct 2019

Waste giant forced to pay over £500,000 for exporting banned waste – EA – 27 Sep 2019

Court orders former Northumberland recycling business to pay over £50,000 after breaching environmental regulations – EA – 27 Sep 2019

Waste crime: Bucks man ‘after quick buck’ fined – EA – 24 Sep 2019

Outlaws’ ‘merry adventures’ brought to an end – EA – 18 Sep 2019

Convicted waste fraudster has more than 9 years added to jail time for failing to repay £1.3 million in ill-gotten gains – EA – 27 Sug 2019

Directors in Dufley found guilty of waste crimes – EA – 14 Aug 2019

Kent woman’s jail term for waste crime role – EA 11 Jul 2019

Company directors convicted after 2 major fires – EA – 5 Jul 2019

Company that ran illegal waste operation pays out £10,000 to good causes – EA – 28 Jun 2019

Waste site director given suspended sentence for operating illegally – EA 14 Jun 2019

Rowanoak directors found guilty of waste crime – EA – 11 Jun 2019

Middlesbrough-based company fined £19,000 for odour pollution – EA – 7 Jun 2019

Arrest made following Home Counties waste mountains – 5 Jun 2019

Jail for pair of serial Home Counties fly-tippers – EA – 3 Jun 2019

Waste companies fined for sub-contracting to fly-tippers – EA – 30 May 2019

Illegal waste operation leads to prison term for man and £314,000 compensation for victim – EA – 21 May 2019

£500 bill for unlicensed waste carrier – EA – 15 May 2019

Suspended sentence for farmer who admitted illegally burning fridges and animals – EA – 10 May 2019

Oxfordshire business fined for waste permit offences – EA – 2 May 2019

Environment Agency uses new powers to tackle illegal waste site – EA – 30 Apr 2019

Waste overwhelms Dorset brothers’ recycling business – EA – 24 Apr 2019

Wiltshire waste dealer forced to pay back £200,000 – EA – 19 Mar 2019

Businessman jailed for running three illegal waste sites – EA – 15 Mar 2019

‘Reckless’ skip company boss ordered to pay almost £25,000 – EA – 8 Mar 2019

Vehicle seized and waste carrier to pay almost £5,000 – EA – 5 Mar 2019

£2,412.81 fine for illegal landfill site in Penicuik – SEPA – 25 Feb 201

Company director pays cost of staying silent in waste investigation – EA – 14 Feb 2019

North East man fined for permit breach – EA – 12 Feb 2019

Fraudster ordered to pay back £1.3 million after conning electrical waste industry – EA – 8 Feb 2019

Waste firm fined £510,000 for illegally storing tonnes of rubbish – EA – 28 Jan 2019

£3,000 penalty for illegal waste carrier – EA – 25 Jan 2019

12 month prison sentence for man who tipped 100 tonnes of waste at school – EA – 18 Jan 2019

Curfew and £13k penalties for illegal waste offender – EA – 16 Jan 2019

2021

Landlord fine for flytipping flat clearance – Slough BC 18 Jun

Haulier ordered to pay nearly £10,000 for illegal waste activity – 11 Jun EA

2020

Illegal vehicle dismantler hit with £384k fine – EA – 9 Mar 2020

‘Plymouth’s worst fly tipper’ extradited and jailed – EA – 24 Feb 2020

Cameras lead to flytipping conviction –  Bucks CC – 12 Feb

Builder prosecuted for failing duty of care – Bucks CC – 6 Feb 2020

Businessman fined for illegal waste site – EA – 29 Jan 2020

Kent woman jailed for part in illegal waste operation – EA – 22 Jan 2020

Director ban and fines for illegal Oxfordshire waste wood operation – EA – 9 Jan 2020

Cornwall transfer station manager given suspended sentence for illegal operation – EA – 8 Jan 2020

Jail sentences for Midlands brothers issuing £1.5m fraudulent WEEE evidence – EA – 6 Jan 2020

2019

Hampshire landowner fined for running a scrap metal operation on a protected SSSI – Natural England – 19 Dec 2019

Shropshire farmer fined £800 for dumping illegal waste – EA – 17 Dec 2019

Co Tyrone man fined £10,000 for waste offending – NIEA – 9 Dec 2019

Trio convicted for fly-tipping waste in Havant – EA – 6 Nov 19

Sunderland man charged over £12,000 for running illegal waste operation – EA – 5 Nov 2019

South Shields waste crime offender ordered to pay over £6,000 – EA – 7 Oct 2019

Waste giant forced to pay over £500,000 for exporting banned waste – EA – 27 Sep 2019

Court orders former Northumberland recycling business to pay over £50,000 after breaching environmental regulations – EA – 27 Sep 2019

Waste crime: Bucks man ‘after quick buck’ fined – EA – 24 Sep 2019

Outlaws’ ‘merry adventures’ brought to an end – EA – 18 Sep 2019

Convicted waste fraudster has more than 9 years added to jail time for failing to repay £1.3 million in ill-gotten gains – EA – 27 Sug 2019

Directors in Dufley found guilty of waste crimes – EA – 14 Aug 2019

Kent woman’s jail term for waste crime role – EA 11 Jul 2019

Company directors convicted after 2 major fires – EA – 5 Jul 2019

Company that ran illegal waste operation pays out £10,000 to good causes – EA – 28 Jun 2019

Waste site director given suspended sentence for operating illegally – EA 14 Jun 2019

Rowanoak directors found guilty of waste crime – EA – 11 Jun 2019

Middlesbrough-based company fined £19,000 for odour pollution – EA – 7 Jun 2019

Arrest made following Home Counties waste mountains – 5 Jun 2019

Jail for pair of serial Home Counties fly-tippers – EA – 3 Jun 2019

Waste companies fined for sub-contracting to fly-tippers – EA – 30 May 2019

Illegal waste operation leads to prison term for man and £314,000 compensation for victim – EA – 21 May 2019

£500 bill for unlicensed waste carrier – EA – 15 May 2019

Suspended sentence for farmer who admitted illegally burning fridges and animals – EA – 10 May 2019

Oxfordshire business fined for waste permit offences – EA – 2 May 2019

Environment Agency uses new powers to tackle illegal waste site – EA – 30 Apr 2019

Waste overwhelms Dorset brothers’ recycling business – EA – 24 Apr 2019

Wiltshire waste dealer forced to pay back £200,000 – EA – 19 Mar 2019

Businessman jailed for running three illegal waste sites – EA – 15 Mar 2019

‘Reckless’ skip company boss ordered to pay almost £25,000 – EA – 8 Mar 2019

Vehicle seized and waste carrier to pay almost £5,000 – EA – 5 Mar 2019

£2,412.81 fine for illegal landfill site in Penicuik – SEPA – 25 Feb 201

Company director pays cost of staying silent in waste investigation – EA – 14 Feb 2019

North East man fined for permit breach – EA – 12 Feb 2019

Fraudster ordered to pay back £1.3 million after conning electrical waste industry – EA – 8 Feb 2019

Waste firm fined £510,000 for illegally storing tonnes of rubbish – EA – 28 Jan 2019

£3,000 penalty for illegal waste carrier – EA – 25 Jan 2019

12 month prison sentence for man who tipped 100 tonnes of waste at school – EA – 18 Jan 2019

Curfew and £13k penalties for illegal waste offender – EA – 16 Jan 2019