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Dumpers now subject to landfill tax

Posted by: Malcolm Lythgo, Posted on: 11 May 2018 - Categories: Regulated industry

Landfill tax continues to fulfil its primary objective of encouraging environmentally positive behaviour. As a fiscal tool it is working well. Landfill is down 60% since its introduction, and the Landfill Communities Fund has provided £1.5bn to environmental bodies. But …

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What’s brilliant but filled with rubbish? My job . . .

Posted by: A waste crime officer, Posted on: 3 August 2015 - Categories: Regulated industry, Waste

I’ve been lucky enough to experience a range of different and interesting jobs since I joined the Environment Agency in 1998, but I feel most proud of the work that I’m doing at the moment.  That’s because I’m currently helping …

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Jail term for waste criminal who hoarded junk

Posted by: A waste crime officer, Posted on: 22 July 2015 - Categories: Regulated industry
Pile of waste lead to jail sentence

Everyone is guilty of hoarding things from time to time but some waste operators can take things too far. It is one thing to hoard old photographs or a couple of coats, but it’s not often that this has an …

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