by theEHP | May 31, 2011 | Environmental Protection
Operators of a composting site in Bury St Edmunds have been fined £20,000 for causing smells sometimes described as like ‘vomit, diarrhoea and dog excrement’. OverView The Environment Agency (EA) reported that during 2009 the it received 206 odour complaints about the...
by theEHP | May 24, 2011 | Environmental Protection
A West Yorkshire man has been ordered to pay back £2,000 for running an illegal waste site in a case brought under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The Environment Agency reported that Mark Butterworth, aged 49, of Springwood Mill, Pudsey Road, Cornholme, admitted the waste...
by theEHP | May 11, 2011 | Environmental Protection
A water company has been fined £20,000 for polluting the Plym Estuary with sewage. Overview The Environment Agency (EA) reported that in May 2010 EA officers carried out a survey of surface water outfalls along the western shore of the Plym Estuary. They found three...
by theEHP | May 10, 2011 | Environmental Protection
A Leicestershire man has been fined £5,000 for operating a skip hire business without a permit. Overview The Environment Agency (EA) reported that Mr Thomas Edward Neal (a sole trader) ran a skip hire business trading as ‘Dusty Bins Skip Hire’. EA officers visited...
by theEHP | May 6, 2011 | Environmental Protection
Yorkshire Water has been fined £7,500 after sewage was found in a beck (small mountain stream) which runs into a North Yorkshire bathing beach. The Environment Agency (EA) reported that the company admitted a charge of failing to comply with its environmental permit...