Environmental Laboratory
Illegal landfill site operator fined £50,000
Apr 02 2009
Located in Northwich, the site was operated by ATA, a firm based in Stockport and regularly received waste from construction and demolition projects.
Its owners intended to level out the ground with the waste and eventually construct a polo pitch on the site, the Chester Magistrates' Court was informed.
The fine was the maximum penalty the owners could have possibly have received and was accompanied by £18,372.92 in charges.
Lex Massey, an environment officer, declared: "This was a large-scale unlicensed landfill operation. The offence was deliberate and financially motivated, with no regard for the environmental protection legislation."
In February 2008, the operator of one of the largest-scale illegal landfill sites ever in the UK was fined £1.2 million by Exeter Crown Court after admitting to unlawfully dumping millions of tonnes of waste.
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