Sgt Dan Goss from Merseyside Police Rural, Wildlife & Heritage Team shares how working collaboratively with the Environment Agency and others is helping to stop waste crime across Merseyside’s rural areas. Merseyside Police is one of the newest forces to …
A wet winter has meant it’s been a difficult start to the year for many farmers. Facing reduced early crop yields or worse still, zero yields, the temptation to cut costs or diversify, to find additional income is more tempting …
Rebecca Mason, Senior Adviser in our Enforcement and Waste Crime Team, shares why she works for the Environment Agency and why what we do with our rubbish matters. I have worked for the Environment Agency for over 20 years in …
Emma Viner, Enforcement and Investigations Manager, writes about just one of the many waste crime investigations the Environment Agency is dealing with. Waste crime is a major issue across the country which is often not fully understood. The Environmental Services …
The modern way to find many of the services, trades, and products we need to buy is to look online. It’s quick, easy and you can do it from the comfort of your own home. But it is a minefield …
By Joanna Larmour, deputy director of the Environment Agency’s National Enforcement Service Waste crime has been going on for too long – and the Environment Agency is taking action. That’s why we’re committing more resources than ever to find, identify …
In his role as a Waste Crime Engagement Specialist, it’s Stuart Hoyle's job to identify and forge working relationships with other organisations that can help us shut down waste criminals for good. Working with partners brings additional powers and resources …
There is an old saying – ‘where there’s muck there’s brass’ and criminals have worked that out. We know organised criminals who make their money through serious and organised crimes, such as drugs and firearms, are using the waste management …
Each year our illegal waste exports team in our National Enforcement Service stops between 200 and 450 containers full of waste that does not comply with waste export regulations, such as untreated and hazardous waste. In our blog last month, we …
Our mission is to stop crime in the waste sector altogether. One of the ways we can do this is through working with Government to improve the regulatory system to make it harder for crime to be possible. Reforming waste …
