The Environment Agency (EA) is being taken to the High Court over claims it has failed to protect the River Wye from agricultural pollution.
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NRW secures £42,000 fine against scrap metal firm
The Welsh regulator, Natural Resources Wales (NRW), has announced that a scrap metal firm has been ordered to pay more than £42,000 for permit breaches. In a statement yesterday (11 January), NRW outlined that Ammanford Recycling Ltd was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court on 5 January 2024. The company was fined a total of £42,000 […]
Farm ordered to pay £6,000 after polluting stream with slurry
Slurry from Bycott Farm near Tiverton ran into a stream causing pollution for at least 2 months, a court heard on Thursday 11 January.
Swanline Print Ltd makes charity payment for recycling failure
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has received a financial boost after the Environment Agency accepted an Enforcement Undertaking offer from Swanline Print Ltd.
Scotland environment: List of companies fined by SEPA
Businesses and individuals who breached environmental regulation in 2023 have been named and shamed by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
Somerset cheesemaker fined £20,000 for third pollution offence
Somerset cheese making company, Alvis Brothers Ltd, who make Lye Cross Farm cheeses, has been ordered to pay fines and costs of over £23,700 for a third case of causing pollution from their farm, near Bristol.
Yorkshire Water pays record £1million civil sanction
Yorkshire Water has paid a record £1million to charities after polluting a Harrogate watercourse, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Man jailed for storage of asbestos without a permit
A man has been jailed for eight months after pleading guilty to the storage of asbestos without a permit, following an investigation by Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
From 11th Dec 2023: Unlimited penalties introduced for those who pollute environment
Companies who pollute the environment can be hit with unlimited financial penalties from the Environment Agency from today (11 December 2023).
Worst polluters ‘should face big fines and jail terms for bosses’
The nation’s worst corporate polluters should face fines that put a “major dent” in their bottom lines and have their bosses jailed, the Environment Agency has said.