Damage caused by illegal waste operators costs the waste and recycling industry in England as well as taxpayers around £604 million a year. A new report commissioned by the Environmental Services Association Educational Trust (ESAET) and the Environmental Services Association reveals the growing cost of waste crime is now equivalent to building 34 secondary schools […]

A Cornish waste operator has to pay almost £80,000 after illegally storing and treating asbestos. Leslie Allen ran a waste site in Perranuthnoe, near Penzance, where a variety of waste from various commercial and domestic sources was processed without the necessary environmental permits in place. He was fined £40,000 for two offences and has to […]

A waste criminal has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and disqualified from managing companies for six years. Barry Kilroe was found to have run three waste sites unlawfully, after his actions resulted in the closure of the M60, polluted a river and blighted local communities. He pled guilty to 10 charges relating to […]

New rules aimed at making it easier for enforcement authorities to tackle waste crime have come into effect. Waste crime costs the UK economy £568 million a year and diverts as much as £1 billion every year away from legitimate business operations, according to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). The changes […]

A taskforce from the Environment Agency set up stop and searches and visiting waste sites yesterday to crack down on waste crime that undercuts legitimate businesses and affects local communities. Given the code name ‘Operation Cyclone’, it aims to stop the supply of waste to illegal sites, gather intelligence and encourage people to report the […]