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waste crime

Environment Agency launches Economic Crime Unit to tackle waste criminals

Waste

Environment Agency launches Economic Crime Unit to tackle waste criminals

New unit will be tasked with carrying out financial investigations targeted at the waste sector

clock 05 February 2024 • 3 min read
'Polluters must pay': Government to remove cap on fines imposed by environmental regulators

Policy

'Polluters must pay': Government to remove cap on fines imposed by environmental regulators

Defra confirms new legislation will lift the limit on civil monetary penalties that can be handed out by environmental agencies

clock 11 July 2023 • 3 min read
Environment Agency: Almost a fifth of all waste in England thought to be illegally handled

Waste

Environment Agency: Almost a fifth of all waste in England thought to be illegally handled

Industry survey reveals widespread fears that waste regulations are being routinely breached by criminal gangs

clock 06 July 2023 • 4 min read
Are UK farmers 'illegally' burning and burying toxic plastic waste?

Waste

Are UK farmers 'illegally' burning and burying toxic plastic waste?

Environmental Investigations Agency alleges farmers, regulators, and voluntary initiatives are failing to stamp out illegal burning, burying, and exporting of toxic plastic waste

clock 13 April 2023 • 7 min read
Government launches crackdown on 'shameful' waste criminals that cost UK £90m a year

Waste

Government launches crackdown on 'shameful' waste criminals that cost UK £90m a year

Environment Minister announces fresh moves to tackle dangerous waste practices and pledges to end waste crime by 2043

clock 07 February 2023 • 3 min read
'Rubbish': Government attempts to tackle waste crime slammed by MPs

Waste

'Rubbish': Government attempts to tackle waste crime slammed by MPs

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticises Defra and the Environment Agency over 'slow and piecemeal' progress in tackling escalating waste crime

clock 21 October 2022 • 7 min read
'Fighting a losing battle': NAO warns UK's waste crime elimination target under threat

Waste

'Fighting a losing battle': NAO warns UK's waste crime elimination target under threat

Environment Agency waste crime prosecutions have fallen from a high of 800 per year to just 50 in recent years

clock 27 April 2022 • 4 min read

Waste

Surging waste crime costing UK economy £1bn, businesses warn

Environmental Services Association research suggest waste-related crime has surged over 50 per cent in three years, potentially costing taxpayers £1bn

clock 22 July 2021 • 3 min read

Waste

Waste crime: Smart rubbish-tracking tech given £1m government boost

Environmental consultancy Anthesis and waste analytics company Topolytics secure grant funding to help digitise tracking of household and commercial waste

clock 22 October 2019 • 2 min read

Waste

UN amends anti-dumping rules in plastic waste crack down

Changes to Basel Convention make it illegal to ship plastic waste between countries without prior consent, but fears remain over escalating plastic crisis

clock 13 May 2019 • 2 min read
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