A recent change to the continuing competence regime appears to have been made without any formal announcement. We first came across the change in an Environmental permit application to Natural Resources Wales when the clients Continuing Competence Certificate for Hazardous Waste Treatment was rejected for a non-hazardous treatment permit application. The officer referred to the…
Baled wastes that have been sitting festering in a building in Stoke on Trent for nearly 7 years are finally to be removed, at the Environment Agency’s expense. That’s good news, for the landowner and for neighbouring businesses, if not for the local rats. The question however which needs to be asked is, why did…
DEFRA have announced two new consultations on major changes to the waste carrier registration scheme and how waste is tracked. The proposals will result in waste carriers needing to apply for a permit rather than simply to register and will mean that waste carriers will need technically competent persons to manage their operations. The waste…
The Environment Agency has told its staff to “shut down” and ignore reports of low-impact pollution events because it does not have enough money to investigate them, according to a leaked internal report. Exceptions to the rule will be pollution incidents caused by a regulated site or a water company, says the briefing, although it…
“From mattresses to oily waste and syringes, mountains of illegal waste is piling up as the government stands by.” Filthy business: who will stop Britain’s illegal waste-dumping mafia? | George Monbiot | The Guardian
Congratulations to our client, Reddish Car Spares on being granted their new Environmental Permit for their new site at Durham street, Stockport. The new permit will enable the site to depollute up to 15,000 end of life vehicles and to strip parts for sale. AC Environmental wrote the site’s Environmental Management System & Fire Prevention…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to Grist Environmental Ltd Recycling Centre, Monument Hill, Stert at 11:10pm yesterday (17 November), following reports of a waste fire at the site. Three fire crews were mobilised to the scene, two from Devizes and one from Calne along with the Command Support Unit from Swindon…
Two men have been convicted of waste crime after depositing, storing and dismantling end of life vehicles at their site without authorisation from the Environment Agency. Robert and Barry Rickman have been sentenced after they pleaded guilty at West Hampshire Magistrates Court. Robert Rickman – who operated a regulated facility illegally, namely a waste operation…
A Dereham garage proprietor has received a suspended prison sentence for storing waste illegally, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agency. On 4 November 2021, Colin Barnes of Podmore Lane, Scarning, Dereham, appeared Norwich Magistrates’ Court. At this time he admitted storing end of life motor vehicles, car parts, gear boxes and suspension units illegally…
The UK’s leading supermarkets have cut the number of single-use carrier bags used by 48% compared to 2006 levels, the Waste & Resources Action Programme announced in July. The achievement falls just short of a voluntary agreement to cut the number of single-use carry bags handed out by 50% by spring 2009. But what kind…