Unlimited fines introduced for polluting environment

The previous £250,000 cap on Variable Monetary Penalties has been scrapped and the range of offences covered has been expanded

Kent firm fined £13k for trying to illegally export dirty nappies among plastic waste to Turkey

P&D Material Recovery filled 11 containers with plastic contaminated with banned waste, including condoms, sanitary towels, cotton buds, glass and textiles including old underwear, at Chatham Dockyard in Gillingham

Suspended prison sentences for brothers for illegal waste storage in Shropshire

Shrewsbury Crown Court sentenced Jonathan and Mark Nicholson from Armagh, Northern Ireland, to eight months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, in February 2022

Man jailed for illegally dumping and burning waste in Northumberland

Dominic Allen, 25, from Old Swarland, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, ordered to pay £1,000 in costs and given 18 months to clear the site

Waste criminal ordered to pay £2.1m for illegal site

John Bruce, aged 48 from Pershore, has been given three months to pay the fine or face seven years in jail

Illegal waste containers shipped to Sri Lanka brought back to the UK

Those responsible could face up to two years in prison and an unlimited fine

Yorkshire households warned to not become ‘accidental’ waste criminals

There are concerns about the number of ‘man and van’ adverts and self-promotion on Facebook and other social media platforms offering to take away people’s rubbish

Fly-tipping ‘increases across more than half of UK councils’

More than 90% of household waste recycling centres are now closed, with the remainder suffering high levels of disruption, according to a new survey

Sunderland man fined £12k for illegal waste operation

Clifford Shee, aged 55, was prosecuted by the Environment Agency for operating outside the requirements of three exempt waste activities

Two firms win £1m to develop digital waste tracking tech

The project aims to help tackle waste crime in Britain as well as prevent illegal waste being shipped abroad