Waste Disposal: Convictions
(asked on 7th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many companies have been convicted of waste offences after breaching a permit to dispose of waste in cases brought by the Environment Agency in the last five years.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 15th November 2022
The following table provides details of how many companies have been convicted of waste offences after breaching a permit to dispose of waste in cases brought by the Environment Agency in the last five years.
Waste Offences | ||
Year | Breach of Permit Conditions | Illegal Activity |
2017 | 7 | 11 |
2018 | 5 | 14 |
2019 | 7 | 13 |
2020 | 3 | 5 |
2021 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 24 | 48 |