A new report from the Environment Agency shows that 93 per cent of the businesses it regulated in 2017/18 showed good compliance with their environmental permits, while non-compliant businesses faced record fines.

A jailed fly-tipper has his sentence extended after a further five allegations of waste crime came to light.

A waste disposal company is under investigation after it was found to have built up a backlog of hundreds of tonnes of medical waste, including human body parts.

A new environmental campaign, ‘Drive out waste crime’, has been launched by SEPA to tackle the illegal transport and disposal of waste in the UK.

Green tech start-up Dsposal becomes the latest recruit to the Right Waste, Right Place Ambassador programme.

Waste management companies from Derbyshire and Bedfordshire have been fined after workers were injured on their premises as the HSE’s inspection into waste and recycling companies begins.

A London Assembly Member has called on Sadiq Khan to take action on waste, claiming that fly-tipping in the capital has ‘reached crisis point’.

New research reveals that 144 incidents of fly-tipping occur every day across the Greater Manchester areas, costing councils nearly £4.9 million in clearance and enforcement, according to a new report.

Charges have been brought against two men in Swansea for ‘several years’ worth of illegal activities likely to cause harm to the environment and human health.

Free skips in every ward and free bulky waste collections are one of a number of options being considered by Walsall Council as incidents of fly-tipping in the local authority continue to rise.