Two Kent companies have been ordered to pay a total of £44,294 for illegal waste disposal on flood plain near the River Medway.

In action brought by the Environment Agency, construction firm Fastrac Contractors and Utilities Ltd was found guilty in its absence of illegal waste activity and fined £40,000 with £1,650 costs at Sevenoaks Magistrates Court.

In addition, haulage firm Bennett Grab Services, of Burleigh Sole Street, Cobham, Gravesend, pleaded guilty and were fined £2000, with costs of £404, the Agency announced yesterday (September 16).

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