Derbyshire firm to pay nearly £90,000 for breaking waste permit
Environment Agency investigation ends in successful prosecution Court told large amounts of ash spread over five acres of adjoining land without permit Sentencing hearing at Nottingham Magistrates on Friday 7 November 2025 At Nottingham Magistrates Court on 7 November 2025, Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Ltd of Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, were fined £40,000 and ordered […]
Scrutiny report about radioactive waste disposal is published
The annual report describes the regulatory scrutiny of Nuclear Waste Services’ (NWS) ongoing programme of work and the advice the regulators provided during 2024 to 2025. NWS is tasked with developing a geological disposal facility (GDF) for the UK’s most hazardous radioactive waste. Geological disposal means permanently disposing of the most hazardous types of […]
Skip hire boss ordered to pay back cash after waste crime
A Merseyside skip hire boss has been ordered to pay back £250,000 after she was found to have profited from illegal waste crime. The Environment Agency secured the confiscation order against Patricia Hills, 72, of Redfern Street, Bootle, after she was previously jailed for operating MWM Recycling Ltd illegally. The confiscation hearing under the Proceeds […]