Waste Prosecutions
The following are taken from the EA, SEPA, NIEA and HSE websites. The ones prior to 2013 are now held on the Prosecutions Archive page.
General waste related prosecutions
UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE TRANSITION OF THE OLD EA SITE TO THE NEW GOV.UK WEBSITE, THE PRE-APRIL 2014 LINKS BELOW TO EA PROSECUTIONS HAVE BEEN LOST. THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS. YOU CAN FIND THE OLD ARCHIVED EA LIST HERE (WITH THE FILTER PROCESS REMOVED) AND THEIR NEW LISTINGS HERE - WITH NO FILTER.
EA
2016
Farmer fined for assaulting EA officer - 16 Dec
Suspended prison sentence and £7.6k costs for illegal Oxford waste operation - 12 Dec
Suspended prison sentence and fine after fire destroys firm - 18 Nov
Essex Director and waste company fined £20k for garden waste mountain - 9 Nov
Waste permit breach costs London waste company £30k - 9 Nov
Suspended sentence and £50k fine for Swindon Averies brothers - 27 Oct
Property developer fined for not controlling waste - 28 Sep
Amey Cespa fined £50k over composting breach - 23 Sep
30 weeks jail for 'notorius' Hants waste boss - 14 sep
Jail for Sussex waste boss over illegal 1200 tonne wood stockpile - 23 Aug
Starbucks fined £160k for leaving waste on street - 12 Aug
Two men sentenced for part in illegal waste site operation - 8 Aug6
Bradford waste firm ordered to pay £27,420 for environmental offences - 3 Aug
Lincolnshire removal man to pay £2,820 for illegally storing waste - 28 Jul
Man jailed for running illegal waste site - 27 Jul
Man fined for operating illegal waste site - 20 Jul
Dorset man narrowly escapes prison for running illegal waste oil site - 19 Jul
Leeds businessman receives record jail sentence over £2.2m recycling fraud - 18 Jul
North East man fined for waste offences - 15 Jul
Company director sentenced for waste offences across 2 counties - 11 Jul
Wakefield waste firm has permit revoked - 30 Jun
Somerset builder prosecuted for dumping and burning waste near Crewkerne. - 26 May
Ashford waste company employees fined £25,419 for waste crime. - 25 May
Cornwall recycling company fined for permit breaches - 20 May
Suspended prison sentence for illegal waste crimes - 19 May
Buckland Newton Hire waste firm in Dorset ordered to pay more than £40,000 - 10 May
Kidderminster man sentenced for running illegal hazardous waste site - 27 Apr
Herefordshire man pleads guilty to waste offence - 25 Apr
Steaming waste and fly infestations lead to £370,000 bill - 22 Apr
Torpoint waste management company fined £14,000 - 20 Apr
Waste site owners ordered to clear site within 18 months - 20 Apr
Waste offenders pay for their crime - 15 Apr
Waste firm ordered to pay more than £1.2m for waste offences - 13 Apr
Company and director to pay over £30,000 for waste offences - 30 Mar
Imprisonment for Norfolk illegal waste owner - 21 Mar
Man handed £8800 penalty for operating illegal waste sites in Gloucestershire - 8 Mar
Scrapyard boss given suspended prison sentence - 19 Feb
Car scrap business owner fined by court - 23 Feb
Company fined for illegal waste offences - 9 Feb
Raid at Forest of Dean waste site - 4 Feb
West Midlands businessmen sentenced for operating illegal waste site - 22 Feb
Man ordered to pay over £16,800 for waste offences in Ludlow, Shropshire - 29 Jan
Oxfordshire company guilty of allowing waste crime - 26 Jan
Negligent Ampthill recycling centre director to pay £33,000 - 25 Jan
Durham farmer illegally spread waste on his land - 21 Jan
2015
Man handed jail term over illegal waste operation - 3 Dec
Married couple and company must pay £130,000 for waste crime - 23 Nov
Telford man handed £6,229 penalty for operating an illegal waste site - 11 Nov
Company Director fined for illegal waste activity in Manchester - 29 Oct
Man guilty of hazardous waste activity at Nottingham waste site - 23 Oct
Permit breaches cost Birch Skip Hire Director £21k - 29 Oct
Hazardous waste activities cost Nottingham man £24k - 23 Oct
Illegal overspill costs permitted Norfolk vehicle breaker £37k - 2 Oct
Fines and community service for illegal storage and burning of waste - 1 Oct
Medway skip company ordered to pay £17k for operating outside permit - 25 Sep
Suspended prison sentence for illegal deposit and burning of waste - 22 Sep
Kent companies ordred to pay £44k for large-scale flytipping - 16 Sep
Darlington man ordered to pay £350k under POCA for illegal waste site - 18 Aug
Online company fined £45.5k for con-compliance with Packaging, WEEE and Batteries Regulations - 12 Aug
Illegal tyre storage costs Newcastle man £7k - 12 Aug
Stockton on Tees man ordered to pay £11k for illegal hazardous waste storage - 30 Jul
Illegal transfer station costs Surrey company £19k - 27 Jul
Landowner fined £5k for illegal waste wood pile - 1 Jul
Oxfordshire companies fined £21k for illegal deposit of waste - 19 Jun
Co Durham man ordered to pay £1.4k for illegal waste - 3 Jun
Illegal storage costs Herefordshire company £25k - 1 Jun
Waste illegally dumped and burned near protected area in Teesside - 22 May
Burton man jailed for 7 months over illegal waste site - 22 May
Gateshead man allowed unlicensed vehicle dismantling - 14 May
Second hand store owner burned waste illegally in County Durham - 13 May
Nottinghamshire landfill site shut down after enforcement action - 30 Mar
Lincoln man guilty of dumping waste near Leicestershire river - 30 Mar
Waste company owner given suspended prison sentence for waste tyre offences - 25 Mar
Wokingham shipping company and director fined and sentenced for illegal export of waste - 23 Mar
Somerset farm offers £5,000 civil sanction for polluting river - 16 Mar
Sunshine company skipped the rules - 12 Mar
6 arrests in nationwide waste dumping raids - 10 Mar
Sheffield company must pay £38,000 for illegally spreading waste - 5 Mar
Company hands over almost £250,000 proceeds of crime - 28 Jan
SITA fined over £110,000 for breaching permit at Surrey landfill - 14 Jan
Gloucestershire man sentenced to 18 months in prison for waste offences - 14 Jan
Smelly site drove people indoors - 14 Jan
Prison and a tag for Wellingborough recycler - 14 Jan
2014
Wolverhampton man handed Community Order for attempting to ship waste illegally - 10 Dec
Waste operator to pay £19,000 - 4 Dec
Suspended sentence for Lincolnshire waste operator - 25 Nov
Norfolk waste company fined £3.6k for illegal disposal - 21 Nov
Suspended prison sentence and £47k bill for Dial a Skip - 5 Nov
Suspended prison sentence and £35k bill for Surrey car breaker - 12 Nov
£5k cost for flytip prosecution brought by Vale of White Horse Council - 13 Oct
Middlesborough firm fined £14.4k for operating without a Permit - 17 Sep
Former Chippendale fined £3k with suspended sentence for illegal site - 10 Sep
Illegal disposal of sanitary litter costs Norfolk man £24k - 30 Jul
Suspended sentence for Wolverhampton man with potential £1m clean up bill - 14 Jul
72 yr old farmer gets 6 months prison for illegal disposal - 11 Jul
Illegal WEEE exporter jailed for 16 months - 20 Jun
Spill at Biogen plant leads to costs of £8.7k - 20 Jun
Suspended jail sentence for Devon farmer - 16 Jun
Illegal waste storage costs Beds men £8k - 11 Jun
Stobart Biomass fined £14k for waste wood pollution - 5 Jun
Wiltshire man receives suspended sentence for illegal waste site - 5 Jun
Prison and £200k POCA confiscation for 200k tonnes illegal disposal - 16 May
Illegal storage in Knockin costs two companies £69k - 7 May
Disruptive air pollutions costs NE scrap metal firm £3k - 30 April
Dorset composting company fined £13.5k for odour breaches - 24 Apr
Chesterfield scrap metal firm fined £16k for illegal fires - 22 Apr
Illegal disposal costs Baston Fen developer £212k - 17 Apr
Custodial sentence and fines for Arcwood for excessive waste storage - 4 Mar
2 skip companies fine £20k for illegal storage and burning of wood waste - 7 Feb
£20k penalty for illegal burial of waste in Bromsgrove - 30 Jan
Operator of 3 consecutive illegal waste sites gets £8k penalty - 29 Jan
12 week curfew for illegal storage of tyres - 28 Jan
Suspended jail terms for Leeds brothers operating illegal waste site - 28 Jan
Cornish family ordered to repay £365k plus £91k penalty for illegal waste site - 22 Jan
Illegal operations cost Berwick on Tweed business £248k - 20 Jan
£100k fine and imprisonment for illegal Wolverhampton operations - 14 Jan
Illegal wood waste activities lead to £250k confiscation plus £80k costs and prison - 8 Jan
2013
Leominster man gets suspended sentence, 250 ht community order, confiscation of £17.5k and £12k costs for illegal waste disposal - 17 Dec
Manchester skip Director fined £500 for flytipping - 12 Dec
200 hrs community service and costs of £8,5k for Kent flytipper - 12 Dec
Illegal burning of waste costs development company £15k - 11 Dec
£121k in fines and costs for illegal waste activities for Blooms in Notts - 27 Nov
Illegal transfer station costs Easy Skip Hire in Doncaster £14k - 22 Nov
8 month prison sentence for Dudley man for illegal deposit of waste - 18 Nov
Darlington family fim found guilty of operating illegal waste facility - 14 Nov
Newcastle man fined for aggression to EA officers - 14 Nov
Carlisle company director ordered to pay £70k for 20 charges across 7 sites - 31 Oct
Stourbridge man to pay £6k for illegal dumping of RDF bales - 30 Oct
Waste4Fuel director fails to appear at High Court hearing - 30 Oct
Illegal storage of full skips costs skip operator £6k - 10 Oct
2 companies fined £26k for illegal hazardous waste activities - 8 Oct
Jail for Hebden Bridge waste operator operating illegally - 2 Oct
£6k fine for Middlesex company that allowed its hazardous waste to go to an unpermitted site - 1 Oct
Illegal disposal costs two Wolverhampton companies £44k - 27 Sep
68 year old Leicester man gets jail sentence and ASBO for continuing illegal waste activities - 24 Sep
Tyneside firm ordered to pay £14k over waste odour issues - 19 Sep
W Sussex removal company and Director ordered to pay £19k for illegal dumping - 18 Sep
Illegal Kent site operator ordered to pay £11.5k - 17 Sep
Illegal tipping of ~ 3k tonnes of waste on farmland costs farmer £10k - 11 Sep
Medical waste dumped on farmland costs farm owner £5k - 11 Sep
Waste producer and spreader fined ~£30k for illegal disposal - 6 Sep
Bucksscrap dealer orderd to pay £9.2k for not complying with Permit - 4 Sep
Illegal waste on N Devon farm costs farmer £6k - 30 Aug
116m long 'bonfire night' fire leads to £28k fine for Norfolk firewood merchant - 29 Aug
Illegal storage of ~14k tyres incineration activities costs Ludlow farmer £27k - 28 Aug
Soham man ordered to pay £2.7k for carrying scrap with no Carriers Licence - 20 Aug
Illegal burning of waste costs Cheltenham man £3k + 240 hours community work - 19 Aug
Sheffield recycling site fined £9k for exceeding permit limits - 14 Aug
£25k fine for illegal dumping of waste at Windsor farm - 8 Aug
Illegal waste site costs Nottingham man £3.5k - 8 Aug
£80k confiscation order for illegal asbestos storage in Chelmsford - 29 Jul
Metropolitan Waste fined £51.5k for storing over 20x permitted waste - 26 Jul
Rentokil Initial Services fined £4k for failing to use consignment notes - 10 Jul
Illegal waste operator sentenced to prison and £9.5k fine for continuing to commit offences - 5 Jul
Bonfire night waste fire costs Chesterfield skip hire firm £1k fine - 3 Jul
Illegal Peterborough scrap yard operator fined £5k - 2 Jul
Fly-infested waste storage costs Centrol Group £24k - 25 Jun
Illegal waste disposal costs Belbroughton man £5k - 19 Jun
Illegal Berkshire waste operator ordered to pay £4k - 18 Jun
Sellafield fined £700k for disposal of radioactive waste to landfill - 14 Jun
Suspended prison sentence for Gravesend serial waste offender - 6 Jun
Illegal waste disposal costs Bridgnorth man £10k - 24 May
Obstruction of EA officers costs Hartlepool operator £1.5k - 23 May
£10.5k fine for Bolton flytipping and lack of transfer note - 17 May
£31k fine and costs for illegal disposal of C&D waste near Doncaster - 9 May
Michael Coates Recycling fined £10k for operating without Permit - 3 May
Illegal vehicle dismantling costs Lincolnshire company £8k - 18 Apr
Waste carrier gets 80 hours community service for illegal tyre disposal - 16 Apr
Couple running King's Lynn Skips ordered to pay £115k for illegal waste site - 10 Apr
Illegal asbestos management costs stable owner and farmer £7.2k - 9 Apr
Illegal burning of waste at Amersham Farm costs father and son £40k - 6 Mar
£106k in fines and costs for Brazil illegal export case - 5 Mar
Illegal waste burning on bonfire night cost scrap yard £4.5k - 4 Mar
Biffa fined £105k for landfill leachate control breaches - 21 Feb
Agency revoke Waste Carrier's Licence - 20 Feb
Suspended sentence for asbestos flytipping - 8 Feb
Illegal waste storage costs operator £19k - 6 Feb
Illegal storage of 100k tyres costs East Devon man £27k - 1 Feb
Cantankerous farmer sentenced to 8 months in prison for illegal waste storage - 29 Jan
Illegal tyre storage costs Wiltshire man £4.7k - 4 Jan
SEPA
2016
200 hours unpaid work for Director for illegal waste storage and Duty of Care breaches - 20 Dec
£34k fine for tyre storage offences - 5 Dec
Builder fined £2k for depositing and burning waste - 12 Aug
Glasgow waste operator fined £550 (!) for multiple breaches of WML - 1 Jul
Directors given community payback order for illegal waste storage - 1 Jun
Glasgow food manufacturer fined £8.6k with £28.5k confiscation under POCA - 8 Mar
Oran Environmental handed £345.5k confiscation for WML breaches - 15 Feb
2015
Lothian man gets 180 hours community service for illegal waste site - 15 Oct
Former waste operator fine £700 for breaching environmental licence - 10 Jul
Fife landowner handed £15k confiscation order - 8 Jul
Restriction of liberty order applied for waste burning - 18 Jun
Ayrshire composting company fined £17k for offensive odours - 17 Jun
SITA fined £20,000 for licence breaches - 1 May
Tyre recycling company and director fined a total of £8,000 for waste offences at three sites in the West of Scotland - 1 May
Tyre recycling company director Paul Cook imprisoned - 27 Feb
Perthshire operator pleads guilty to waste offences - 24 Feb
South Lanarkshire businessman fined for waste offences - 13 Feb
Edinburgh waste management firm fined £4,000 for environmental offences - 30 Jan
2014
Glasgow construction firm fined £16,000 for failing to ensure licenced disposal of waste - 31 Dec
Record £200k fine for Doonin Plant for WML offences - 23 Oct
Man fined £750 for waste offences - 3 Oct
Oran Env Services convicted of licence breaches - 19 Aug
Perth recycling company fined £6k following fire investigation - 10 Jul
2013
Kilmarnock farming business fined £2.2k for dumping waste - 30 Aug
Scotgen (Dumfries) Ltd EfW plant permit revoked - 27 Aug
Glasgow man fined £450 for illegal scrap site - 1 Jul
Duns company fined £53k in addition to previous £41k confiscation order for illegal waste site - 5 Jun
N Lanarckshire man given 100 hrs community service for illegally storing tyres - 5 Apr
Farmer fined £11k for illegal waste storage - 11 Feb
NIEA
2016
Co Down man gets 180 hours community service for illegal vehicle breaking - 8 Dec
Enniskillen man given suspended sentences for illegal deposit of 19k tonnes of waste - 26 Sep
£3k fine for illegal waste deposit - 19 May
2015
Portadown man fined £7k for unauthorised scrap site - 4 Aug
Fuel laundering waste offences costs Newry man £11k - 21 Jul
Cullyhanna womanfined £12.5k for fuel laundering waste offences - 29 Jun
Penalties totalling £13.4k for two Portadown companies - 15 Jun
Newry Company fined £500 for waste offences - 13 May
Crossmaglen man fined £2,500 and given suspended sentence for fuel laundering waste offences - 29 Apr
Mallusk skip hire company owner fined £400 for waste offences - 23 Apr
Strabane man given suspended sentence for waste offences - 27 Feb
Armagh car breaker fined £1,145 for waste offences - 20 Feb
Ballymoney car breaker given suspended sentence for illegal waste offences - 06 Feb
Castleroe car breaker given suspended sentence for illegal waste offences - 06 Feb
Castledawson land owner fined £1,000 for illegally keeping waste - 05 Feb
Craigavon construction company fined £1,500 for waste offences - 03 Feb
Co Antrim skip hire business and two former Directors guilty of waste crime - 09 Jan
2014
Cullaville man fined £7,500 for waste offences - 15 Dec
£29k fines for Dungannon waste offences - 10 Nov
Scrap merchant fined £300 for waste offences - 7 Oct
Company fined £7.5k for breach of permit conditions - 16 Sep
Waste offences cost truck company £7.5k - 2 May
Colinglen Contractors of Lisburn fined £166k plus confiscation order - 15 Nov
Ballynahinch man fined £1.9k for illegal car breaking - 4 Nov
Ballycastle man fined £918 for illegal depositing, keeping and treating waste - 4 Nov
Greenway (Ireland) fined £1.5k for holding waste without a licence - 18 Oct
Crumlin man fined £1.2k for illegal scrap yard - 7 Oct
£300 fine for no waste carriers licence - 4 Oct
Carrickfergus man fined £6,000 for waste tyre offences - 4 Oct
Scrap merchant fined £800 for waste offences - 3 Oct
Vehicle breaker fined £1,100 for waste offences - 3 Oct
Portaferry man fined a total of £1,950 for waste offences - 3 Oct
Scrap dealer given suspended sentence for operating illegal waste site - 16 Aug
Former scrap dealer fined £400 for illegal waste storage - 13 Aug
£16k confiscation order for Cookstown man for illegal waste site - 13 Aug
RMA Recycling fined £2k for operating an illegal waste facility - 21 May
Lisburn scrap dealer given 6 months suspended sentence for illegale waste offences - 12 Apr
HSE
2016
Two companies fined over refuse collection vehicle fatality - 10 Jun
Nantwich recycling company fined for conveyor injuries - 26 May
Derbyshire waste company fined £136k for loading shovel death - 24 Feb
Scrap metal company fined £120k after fatality at recycling site - 2 Feb
Scrap metal company fined £20k for maintenance injury - 26 Jan
2015
Death of operative costs South Coast Skips £90k - 3 Nov
F&R Cawley fined £100k for multiple fractures - 28 Oct
Sita fined £200k after employee struck by vehicle - 13 Oct
Batley firm fined £80k with £40k costs after death of baler operator - 2 Sep
Bedfordshire scrap company fined £12k for delivery driver injury - 29 July
Recresco fined £50k + £21.6 costs after worker loses arm - 18 Jun
Southern Plastics Recycling fined £1.5k for fall injury - 12 Jun
CF Booth fined £15k for injuries to worker - 1 Jun
Shred-it fined £18k for severe hand injuries - 27 May
Veolia fined £16k after worker suffered life changing injuries in fall - 6 May
Docks recycling company fined for unsuitable machine guarding - 5 May
Liverpool Skip Hire firm fined over fork lift truck injuries - 5 May
Recycling firm sentenced over worker’s severed hands - 16 Apr
Waste recycling firm prosecuted over worker’s crush injuries - 26 Mar
FCC fined £200k over worker’s death - 16 Mar
Mekatek fined for multiple failings at Carmarthen waste site - 27 Feb
Kier fined £160k over worker’s life-changing injuries - 8 Jan
2014
BW Riddle fined £70k after worker fell from conveyor belt - 23 Dec
EMR fined £150k for worker’s death - 19 Dec
Recresco fined £180k over forklift death - 18 Dec
Sterecycle fined £500k for corporate manslaughter - 10 Nov
Murphy's (Waste) hit with £6700 cost for 'dismal safety record' - 5 Nov
Lead poisoning costs Darwen scrap metal firm £60k - 22 Oct
Ayrshire scrap merchant fined £118k after worker loses arm - 6 Oct
£10k fine for Roydon Polythene after worker's leg trapped - 26 Sep
Manchester City Council fined £10k after litter picker struck by car - 24 Sep
EA fined after for severed finger from unguarded circular saw - 18 Sep
Eurokey Recycling fined £9k following contractor fall - 3 Jul
Reversing injury costs ECO Plastics £18k - 2 Jun
Biffa fined £20k after fingertips lost in machinery - 3 Apr
Reversing digger injuries cost Hampshire company £32k - 25 Mar
Redditch recycling firm fine £100k for worker's death - 4 Feb
Serious injury at Devon recycling firm leads to £47k penalty - 20 Jan
2013
Bolton recycling firm fined £2k with £1.5k costs for injury from steel beam - 15 Nov
UK Wood Recycling fined £200k + £34k costs after worker killed - 12 Nov
£140k fine and costs for Port Talbot Recycling firm after worker lost arm in conveyor - 25 Oct
London recycling company ordered to pay £21k foir worker losing arm in conveyor - 24 Oct
Suspended sentence and £300 fine for Corby recycling firm Director for failing to properly train staff and correct safety failings - 18 Oct
Bridgend recycling firm ordered to pay £300k after worker crushed by skip - 25 Sep
Firm fined after worker hit by falling skip - 10 Sep
Preston Plastics fined after bale topples onto worker - 28 Aug
DS Smith Paper fined £130k after worker crushed - 11 Jun
£370k in fines and costs for death caused by vehicle and people segregation failure - 20 May
City Scrap Ltd fined £20k for safety failures - 17 Apr
