Our top waste crime stories
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Essex pair arrested in connection with illegal waste dumping
Two individuals from Essex have been arrested for illegally dumping waste at six locations across Warwickshire, Derbyshire and Buckinghamshire, the Environment Agency has announced today (Friday 6 January).
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Environment Agency shuts down Yorkshire illegal waste site
The Environment Agency has blocked access to land in Yorkshire to prevent the illegal dumping of waste. A court order is now in place prohibiting anyone from importing waste into the site at Pyethornes Farm in Wigglesworth, Skipton.
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Environment Agency shuts down illegal waste site in Minster
The Environment Agency have issued a Restriction Order on an illegal waste site at Power Station Road on the Isle of Sheppey. This allows the Environment Agency to prevent anyone entering the site without express permission.
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Cornwall firm illegally stored waste including animal blood
A Cornwall-based liquid waste collection business has been ordered to repay £600,000 after being prosecuted by the Environment Agency. Roger and Angela Smith, trading as R & A Cleansing, based at Ashwell Farm, Coads Green, Callington, Cornwall pleaded guilty to the offences at Truro Crown Court on 30 January 2026.
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Kidlington: Further arrest made for illegal waste dumping
One man has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the large-scale, illegal tipping of waste at a site in Kidlington, the Environment Agency has announced today (3 February 2026). A 52-year-old male from Ashford in Surrey was arrested yesterday (2 February 2026). This brings the total number of arrests to four, following two arrests made last week and an arrest made in November.
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Kidlington: Two further arrests for illegal waste dumping
Two men have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the large-scale, illegal tipping of waste at a site in Kidlington, the Environment Agency has announced today (30 January). In warrants executed yesterday (29 January), officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), working in support of the Environment Agency and alongside Thames Valley Police, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and Surrey Police, secured the arrest of the suspects at two separate locations.
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Greater Manchester duo arrested in connection with illegal waste dumping
Two men have been arrested for illegally dumping waste across England, the Environment Agency has announced. In a joint raid earlier this week (Tuesday 20 January), Environment Agency officers worked with the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit to arrest two individuals - aged 44 and 49 - from the Sale and Rochdale areas.
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