Our top waste crime stories
Read our top waste crime stories
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Birmingham skip firm pays £9,495 for failing to remove waste
A Birmingham skip hire company has been ordered to pay £9,495.50 for disobeying a magistrates’ court order to remove all waste from a site. The company, Action Skip Hire Limited, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Monday 2 March 2026 in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
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Yorkshire waste site has permit revoked
The Environment Agency served a revocation notice in June last year to the company as part of enforcement efforts to reduce the impact the site is having on the local community. The company appealed the decision through the Planning Inspectorate and a hearing was held in December last year.
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Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts
Councils across England have been given clear direction and stronger legal powers to clamp down on serious and persistent litter louts. The updated guidance on how to deal with littering published today (Tuesday 3 March) has been put on a statutory footing, meaning local authorities now have a legal duty to follow it.
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EA stops suspected illegal waste activity at Worcester site
The Environment Agency has taken action to crackdown on suspected illegal waste activity at Blackpole Recycling Ltd in Worcester. The Environment Agency issued the site operator with a suspension notice due to piles of wood and plasterboard exceeding safe limits and a failure to maintain fire breaks on 17 February.
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Site shut down as Wigan waste investigation continues
A court order is now in place prohibiting anyone from importing waste to the site known as “The Old Cricket Ground” in Bickershaw.
The Restriction Order was granted at Wigan Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 25 February and will last six months.
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Arrests made in multi-million pound waste fraud case
Two individuals in Penzance have been arrested as part of an investigation into waste packaging fraud and money laundering, the Environment Agency has announced today (Wednesday 25 February 2026).
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Councils urged to crush more fly-tippers’ vehicles
New guidance issued today will help local authorities crack down on waste crime, as new statistics reveal there were 1.26 million incidents of fly-tipping last year. For the first time, government guidance will advise local authorities how to seize and crush vehicles used to dump waste.
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M25 waste dump shut
As more drones in the air fight the war on waste on the ground, a suspected illegal dump near the M25 is the latest to be shut by the Environment Agency. In yet more forceful action, concrete blocks now guard the entrance to a field in the quintessentially English village of Stapleford Tawney, in unassuming stockbroker belt Essex.
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Belgravia waste crook forced to pay £1.4m compensation
A prolific waste criminal has been ordered to hand over more than £1.4 million for illegally dumping more than 4,000 tonnes of waste across England. A nationwide investigation by the Environment Agency uncovered a network of 16 illegal dumping sites, stretching from the South East to the North West.
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Enhanced package of cutting-edge technology to combat waste crime
Waste criminals will be detected and stopped before they even get started, thanks to a new package of surveillance and investigative measures announced by the Environment Agency (EA) today (Friday 20 February 2026).
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