For the thousands of waste sites we regulate, we set out clear permit conditions to ensure that business operators take the appropriate steps to run sites safely. Most businesses manage their waste responsibly and within the regulations, but where they …
Our work collecting and evaluating information about serious and organised environmental crime is vital for stopping waste crime. We use reports about suspected illegal activity from industry and the public to build intelligence so we that can target our work and …
There are two ways of legally running a waste business – with an environmental permit or with an exemption from having one. Unfortunately, some people choose to abuse the system, causing serious damage to the natural environment. It’s our job …
HMRC’s work with the Environment Agency Guest blog by Judith Kelly, OBE, HMRC’s Deputy Director of Environmental Tax Policy. Some operators are acting outside of the law by describing the waste they deal with incorrectly to pay a different rate …
Reducing waste crime and poorly operated waste management sites are high on our list of priorities at the Environment Agency. In the March Budget, the government announced a welcome additional £4.2 million of funding from the community landfill tax scheme to support our …
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 …
The waste industry is big business. Since I've been working at the Environment Agency, it has grown and rapidly developed and changed. There has been a move away from the use of landfill and with more waste being re-used and …
Making sure waste sites are doing what they should is a dirty business – but someone has to do it. The Environment Agency manages the regulations that control the disposal, management and transfer of waste at sites across England. These …
When travelling down on holiday to Cornwall many of my friends ask me "What are those white hills we can see near St Austell?" My reply often shocks them when I explain that that those 'hills' are in fact the …
Here at the Environment Agency we are committed to tackling waste crime. Not only is it a serious offence with tough penalties, but it can also damage the environment, blight local communities and undermine businesses out there that are operating …
