Penalties topping £1.7m were issued to companies across Yorkshire in 2023 for environmental offences.
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Stream polluted by “negligent” Southern Water
2,000 fish die as double pump failure diverts sewage across fields into watercourse.
Hillside Dairy Farms fined over ‘grossly polluted’ Co Tyrone river
A Co Tyrone business has been fined £5,000 for polluting a river. Hillside Dairy Farms Ltd, at Camderry Road in Dromore, was charged with making a polluting discharge to a waterway in October 2022, and of making a discharge of trade or sewage effluent into a waterway between November 2022 and January 2023. The charges […]
Waste firm to pay £68,500 for liquid cyanide leak in Derbyshire
Nottingham Crown Court told how liquid escaped from ruptured tank on lorry into nearby ponds killing fish.
Severn Trent Water fined more than £2 million over river sewage pollution
Huge amounts of raw sewage were discharged into the Trent from Strongford Wastewater Treatment Works near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
East Midlands Airport to stand trial after allegedly polluting River Trent with de-icer
East Midlands International Airport Ltd will stand trial next year accused of polluting a river with de-icer.
Somerset farm polluted stream after failing to make improvements
The stream was polluted after a farm inspection by the Environment Agency recommended improvements should be made to prevent possible pollution.
Environment Agency says it has taken numerous steps to protect the River Wye from agricultural pollution
The Environment Agency says it is taking a great number of steps to protect the River Wye from agricultural pollution – with numerous different factors affecting the quality of the river that are not in the control of the agency
Farmer fined £750 after fish kill source traced back to fertiliser on his property
Farmer fined £750 after fish kill source traced back to fertiliser on his property
Construction company fined for polluting Cardiff stream
The construction company was fined £48,000 at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on 9 January 2024 for causing a major discharge of mud and silt from the Beaufort Park site on Lisvane Road into a small tributary of the Nant Glandulais.