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 […]
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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).
Watchdog accused of failing to hold Environment Agency to account
WWF and ClientEarth have questioned whether the Office for Environmental Protection is struggling to fulfil its duties
Why ignoring ‘low-impact’ pollution could be a disaster for the environment
The overstretched Environment Agency has instructed staff to ignore ‘low-impact’ pollution incidents. Here’s what that could mean for the natural world.
Consultation on strengthening Environmental Sanctions, is raising the cap to either £25M or £250m the answer ?
DEFRA consider that protecting our natural environment is a government priority. Strengthening regulations that enable polluters to be held to account is one piece of the wider plan in reducing pollution to protect biodiversity and the ecology of our rivers and seas.
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.
Unlimited fines for environmental polluters, Government confirms
Environmental regulators will be able to charge polluters unlimited penalties for causing damage, the Government has confirmed.
Significant fine for water company following hazardous chemical leak
Severn Trent Water has been fined £350,000 for polluting the River Amber in an incident that left tens of thousands of fish dead.