Waste Prosecutions

The following are taken from the EA, SEPA, NIEA and HSE websites. The Packaging Regs offences are taken from October 2008 whilst the rest are from mid June.

Packaging Waste Regulations prosecutions - all EA

Surrey food company hit with £7.5k costs - 26 Aug
Two Suffolk companies in same group prosecuted - 24 Aug
Flooring company ordered to pay £36k for 3 years failure to register - 22 Jul
Chicken processor fined £17.7k for failing to register - 10 May
Blackpool Pleasure Beach fined £6k for not registering in 2006 ans 2007 - 8 Apr
Youngs brewery ordered to pay £30k for 2 years missed registration - 26 Mar
Printing press firm fined £16k for failing to register - 24 Feb
Food import company ordered to pay £8k for non-registration - 11 Feb
Brantano Shoes ordered to pay £30k for failing to register - 11 Jan
Wine importer fined £30k for failing to register - 6 Jan
Dynamic Cassette fined £8k for failing to register in 07/08 - 7 Dec
Metal sheeting company fined £9.6k for failing for register 04-07 - 20 Nov
Slimming World fined £4k for failing to register in 2006 and 07 - 19 Oct
Garden machinery company ordered to pay £3.4k - 13 Oct
Dualit ordered to pay £23k for failure to register from 1997 - 15 Sep 
Hair care company fined £5.6k - 25 Aug
Camping shop ordered to pay £17k  - 20 Aug
Southampton plastics firm fined £5k - 13 Aug
Shoe shop fined £20k - 13 Aug
Red Bull fine record £271k - 28 July
The Big Prawn company fined £5.4k for failing to register - 23 June
Roadside Group garage operators fined £10k - 9 July
Freshtime fined £20k for failing to register - 23 June
£10k fine for packaging offences in Exeter - 19 June
Sutton Coldfield car parts company fined £15.4k - 18 May
£7k costs for Andover fashion company - 7 April
Storage solutions company ordered to pay £25k - 18 Mar
Soft drinks company fined £9k after failing to register 2004-2006 - 10 Mar
Toy wholesaler fined £14k - 17 Feb
Surrey wine distributor ordered to pay £33k - 22 Jan
First Choice coffee fined £15k for failure to register in 2006 and 2007 - 15 Jan
Failure to register from 1997 costs Warwick company £32k - 3 Dec
Leics printing and packing company ordered to pay £16k - 20 Nov
Candarel manufacturer fined £54k for failing to register 2001-2006 - 28 Nov
Nut importer fined £14.5k for failure to register - 28 Nov
Packaging company fined £56k for failing to register 2000-2006 - 27 Nov

EA

Hampshire Motel company fined £2.7k or burying hazardous waste in grounds - 20 Aug
Lack of transfer notes costs Leicester waste company £1k - 19 Aug
Pollution incidents under EPA s.33 costs bio-diesel plant operator £5k - 9 Aug
Dumping waste costs Derbyshire scaffolding firm 90k - 4 Aug
Lincolnshire construction company fined £22k for dumping hazardous waste - 2 Aug
Plastics recycling company AWS fined £23k for dust and litter offences - 2 Aug
Slough company and director fined for water pollution and haz waste offences - 22 Jul
Leicester waste company hit with £11.4k costs for disposal offences - 23 Jul
Paper pulp company ordered to pay £25k for exemptions offences - 16 Jul
Devon farmer ordered to pay £12k for illegal disposal - 16 Jul
Scrappie fined £10k for Hazardous Waste offences - 15 Jul
Jack Moody Ltd fined £92k for compost site smells and emissions - 14 Jul
Lincs waste company fined £6k for illegal tipping - 14 Jul
300 hours community service for flytipper - 8 Jul
West Yorks chemicals company has been fined £15k for permitting offences - 30 Jun
Fly-tipper fined £300 - 28 Jun
Illegal transfer station operated by handyman leads to £8k fine - 22 Jun
Flytipping costs skip company in Leicester £2.4k - 17 Jun
£315k in fines and costs for illegal Lancaster scrap yard - 15 Jun
Plymouth Council fined for selling WEEE to illegal operator - 11 Jun
9 companies and individuals fined total £74k for huge fly-tipping operation - 25 May
Suspended sentence for illegal waste transfer station - 28 May
Sand and gravel merchant ordered to pay £4.4k for illegally burning waste - 14 May
Fly tippers prosecuted - 13 May
Fridge recycler fined £15k with suspended jail sentence for illegal storage - 7 May
TEG Environmental fined £20k for compost storage breaches - 14 Apr
Rogue scrappie fined £600 for no carrier's licence - 7 Apr
Oxfordshire skip operator given suspended sentence and £18k fine - 26 Mar
12 month prison sentence for illegal storage of 550,000 tyres - 26 Mar
NE waste company NA Park fined £6k for Environmental Permit breaches - 18 Mar
Illegal waste operator fined £700 for burning caravans and no carriers licence - 18 Mar
Chemical company fined £4.5k for river pollution - 17 Mar
Small fines for skip company using illegal waste site - 3 Mar
Illegal breakers yard leads to £3.5k costs - 26 Feb
Halifax electrical retailer fined £4k for illegal storage - 22 Feb
£2.5k fine for illegal breakers yard - 22 Feb
Caravan sites owner fined £47.5k for illegal storage of waste - 10 Feb
£915 fine for unlicensed waste carrier - 9 Feb
Home car dismantler received community punishment order - 8 Feb
Fly tippers lorry to be destroyed - 29 Jan
Van man illegal waste operator sent to prison - 27 Jan
Egg company fined £2k for illegal land spreading - 25 Jan
Kings Skip Hire operator fined £10k for illegal waste storage - 22 Jan
Vegetable company prosecuted for gross pollution - 12 Jan
£6k fine for chicken slaughterhouse operating without Environmental Permit - 12 Jan
Suspended sentence for Waste Management business operating without EP or planning - 12 Jan
£350 fine for illegal asbestos handling and storage - 15 Dec
Suspended prison sentence for dumping 10,000 tyres - 14 Dec
£2.5k fines and costs for burying up to 2,000 waste tyres in floor void - 11 Dec
Waste company fined £11k for dumping construction and demolition waste - 10 Dec
Composting company pays £40k fines and costs for odour problems - 7 Dec
£500 fine for illegal waste storage - 4 Dec
Prison for Yorkshire operator who fly-tipped 30,000 tonnes - 4 Dec
£10k in fines and costs for caravan park operator burning waste - 3 Dec
Illegal soil dumping cost builder £7k - 3 Dec
Farmer fined £4.5k with £10k costs for illegal landfill - 17 Nov
Poultry firm ordered to pay £5k for hazardous waste offences - 17 Nov
Prosecution construction site owner and contractor for pollution - 13 Nov
Waste producer, broker and contractor fined for breach - 11 Nov
Recycling business prosecuted for illegal storage of waste - 11 Nov
Skip hire business ordered to pay £13k for illegal transfer station - 10 Nov
WRG cautioned for breach of landfill permit - 10 Nov
Devon tree surgeon ordered to pay £1.1k for illegal bonfire - 6 Nov
Grimsby recycling company fined £30k for waste offences - 5 Nov
Plymouth man fined for having no waste carrier's license - 5 Nov
Illegal scrap car dealer fined £16k - 2 Nov
Pork company to pay £14k for pollution offences - 23 Oct
West Country hotel group fined £8k for illegal storage of waste - 22 Oct
Skip company fined £150 for illegal storage and burning of waste - 21 Oct
Animal carcass company fined £5k for stream pollution - 21 Oct
Skip operator ordered to pay £20k for illegal waste operation - 20 Oct
Biffa fined £55k for mishandling asbestos - 14 Oct
Illegal tyre storage earns 150 hours community service - 13 Oct
Community service order for Skip hire company director - 8 Oct
Bradford company fined for illegal landfill - 8 Oct
Compost company fined £22k for pollution and license offences - 8 Oct
Illegal tyre exports to Vietnam cost company £10k - 8 Oct
Operator of illegal transfer station for 15 years ordered to pay £60k - 5 Oct
Recycling centre operator fined £2k for odour offences - 1 Oct
Agricultural contractor fined for waste offences - 28 Sep
Skip operator jailed and lorry destroyed for illegal dumping - 23 Sep
ebay car parts dealer fined £2k - 9 Sep
Tyres buried in floor void leads to community work sentence - 7 Sept
Somerset landowner fined £1k for burying waste - 28 Aug
Transfer station boss fined £2.5k for waste offences - 25 Aug
Skip hire bosses ordered to hand over £234k for illegal waste storage - 20 Aug
Building contractor and development company fined £8k for illegal dumping - 14 Aug
Essex waste operator fined £12k for illegal storage - 12 Aug
Illegal vehicle dismantling operated as 'just a hobby' prosecuted - 12 Aug 
Corby man given 60 hours community service for fly-tipping - 12 Aug
Smethwick man fined £500 for carrying scrap with no Carriers License - 3 Aug
Birmingham skip company fined for illegal waste operation - 3 Aug
Owner of Cornish holiday park fined for waste offences - 31 July
Developer fined for sewage pollution - 23 July
£20k fine for disposal of drums containing hazardous waste - 23 July
Building company and Director fined £15k for illegal waste dumping - 21 July
£15k fine for illegal waste operation in Nottinghamshire - 21 July
Skip business fined £6k for illegal bonfire night waste fires - 20 July
Metals company fined over £15k for attempting illegal exports - 17 July
Two Derby men prosecuted for dumping domestic asbestos waste - 30 June
Recycling business that went bust and kept receiving waste fined £17k - 29 June
£2.4k fine for building contractor carrying waste but not registered as waste carrier - 19 June
£2k fine for illegal waste site operator in Cheltenham - 19 June

The EA have also released figures for the number of prosecutions and total fines for each year from 2004 - 2008

SEPA

Scottish companies fined £113.5k for illegal disposal - 5 Aug
Demolition company fined £3.2k for burning waste - 19 Jul
Farmer fined £2.8k for illegal disposal of 20,000 tonnes of subsoil waste - 9 Jun
Illegal waste deposits cost man £1.6k - 18 May
Company Director fined £9k for illegal waste storage - 11 May
£500 fine for caravan park manager burning waste - 29 April
Fife scrap dealer guilty of breaching site licence conditions - 6 April
£800 fine for failure to remove controlled waste - 17 Feb
Banknock skip company fined £1.75k for illegal storage - 9 Feb
£600 fine for illegal disposal of waste - 12 Jan
Man found guilty of keeping controlled waste in garden - 8 Dec
Energy company fined £20k for oil spill - 17 Nov
Camping site owner fined £1.6k for refusal to move waste - 2 Nov
Skip hire company fined £1k for failing to move waste - 18 Aug
Fife businessman fine £2.5k for illegally storing waste - 23 July
Greenock pair fined £400 each for flytipping tyres - 22 July
Aberdeen builder fined £6k for water contamination - 23 June
£6k fine for illegal disposal of sewage in Fraserburgh - 16 June

NIEA

Scrap yard without waste management license fined £1k - 5 July
Scrap yard without waste management license fined £7.5k - 2 Jul
£500 fine plus confiscation order cost businessman £17k for flytipping 7,000 tonnes - 19 May
Building contractors fine £550 plus £20k confiscation orders for 250 tonne flytipping - 19 May
Businessman fined £k for waste storage offences - 10 May
Restaurant couple fined £2.5k for pollution - 10 Nov
Poultry breeder fined £3k for pollution - 10 Nov
Farmer fined £1k for pollution - 2 Nov 
Suspended 6 month sentence for waste offences - 27 Oct
Recycling firm fined £15k for waste offences - 20 Oct
Quarry company fined £5kfor pollution offences - 19 Oct
Farmer fined £2.5k for pollution - 13 Oct
Farmer fined £200 for pollution - 12 Oct
Farmer fined £3.5k for pollution - 6 Oct
Illegal vehicle breaker fined £3k - 18 Sep
Man convicted of illegal dumping of 17k tonnes - 18 Sep
Car breaker fined £900 for waste offences - 8 Sep
£1,200 fine for illegal waste disposal in quarry - 7 Sep
Conditional discharge for illegal burying of 1,000 tonnes of waste - 28 Aug
Aghalee Man Fined £500 for Illegal Waste Disposal - 22 July
Strabane District Council fined £20.5k for waste offences - 29 June
£20k fine in Northern Ireland for flytipping - 15 June

HSE

Shopfitting company fined £4k or incorrect asbestos management - 19 Aug
Pontypool building firm prosecuted for unlicensed asbestos work - 30 July
WSR Recycling fined £10k for worker's crushed leg - 21 June
Fingers chopped off at Roydon plastics recycling leads to £15k fine - 26 May 
SITA fined £210k plus £38k costs for death at landfill site - 24 May
Biffa fined £280k for Newbury CA site death - 19 April
EMR fined £8k for crushed hand - 19 April
SIMS fined £200k with £57k costs for lorry driver death - 14 April
AB Waste fined £12k for guardrail failure - 7 April
Recycling firm fined £40k for failure to safeguard chemicals used in arson attack - 26 Mar
Veolia fined £130k for bin man's death - 12 Feb
Matrix Direct Recycling and Director fined £145k for mercury poisoning - 5 Feb