Jail for dumping 175,000 tyres – BBC News
“A former North Wales Police inspector has been jailed for a year for illegally dumping 175,000 used tyres.”
BBC News, 8th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: waste
Regina v Kelleher – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A custodial sentence could be appropriate for an offence of commercial flytipping even where aggravating features, such as depositing waste of a dangerous or offensive nature, were not present.”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Judge attacks ‘miserable’ bin laws as serial fly-tipper escapes prison sentence – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has criticised sentencing guidelines which prevented him sending a serial fly-tipper to prison while ‘decent, law-abiding citizens’ fear punishment after falling foul of council bin rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother fined £700 for putting rubbish out on wrong day – Daily Telegraph
“Victoria Clarke, 24, left bin bags outside her gate so her four-year-old daughter had more room to play in the family back yard . But litter patrols spotted the rubbish on the pavement and Miss Clarke was taken to magistrates’ court for the offence of ‘the advancement of waste.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Poison coroner slams government – BBC News
“A coroner has criticised the government after he was forced to adjourn an inquest involving a major water poisoning incident.”
BBC News, 5th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Thames Water Utilities Ltd) v Bromley Magistrates Court, Environment Agency, interested party – Times Law Reports
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Sewage escaping from pipes maintained by a statutory undertaker was controlled waste within the meaning of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.”
The Times, 28th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Regina (Thames Water Utilities Ltd) v Bromley Magistrates’ Court (Water Services Regulation Authority intervening) – WLR Daily
“Sewage escaping from pipes maintained by a statutory undertaker was ‘controlled waste’ within the meaning of s 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Environment Agency v Thorn International UK Ltd – WLR Daily
Environment Agency v Thorn International UK Ltd; [2008] WLR (D) 219
“A used electrical product, such as a refrigerator or a computer monitor, which had been taken back from its original owner on purchase of a replacement model, and then bought by a company for repair or refurbishment prior to re-sale, was not, while awaiting such repairs, ‘waste’ within the meaning of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Council Directive 75/442/EEC.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Commune de Mesquer v Total France SA and another – WLR Daily
Commune de Mesquer v Total France SA and another (Case C-188/07); [2008] WLR (D) 206
“When heavy fuel oil, produced during the refinement of crude oil, was discharged from a ship at sea, the producer of the oil, as well as the seller of the oil and the charterer of the ship, could be held liable for the cost of disposing of pollution on the coast caused by the oil.”
WLR Daily, 25th June 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Rubbish fines could cost households £50, Government says – Daily Telegraph
“Millions of families face fines of £50 for failing to recycle their rubbish under a new pay-as-you-throw bin charge scheme, a minister has disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Householders face tougher recycling penalties – Daily Telegraph
“Every household could have to nominate an adult who will take legal responsibility for its bins as townhalls start to crack down on residents who are not recycling properly.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother fined £300 for putting bins out early – Daily Telegraph
“A woman has been fined nearly £300 for leaving her bins out a day before they were due to be collected.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pollutants left in cars because of scrap loophole – The Times
“More than a million cars a year are being scrapped without having pollutants — such as oil, brake fluid and airbag gas canisters — removed because of a loophole in environmental regulations.”
The Times, 2nd May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Father fined for overfilling bin – BBC News
“A father-of-four has been left with a criminal record for overfilling his wheelie bin by four inches.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jury to decide if mum threw away apple core – Daily Telegraph
“A young mother-of-three is to be tried by a crown court jury after being accused of throwing an apple core from her car on to the pavement.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
United Utilities Water plc v Environment Agency for England and Wales – Times Law Reports
Permit required for intermediate treatment
United Utilities Water plc v Environment Agency for England and Wales
House of Lords
“The requirement for a permit in order to operate waste water plants, where the treatment resulted in nonhazardous waste being discarded, applied to installations where intermediate treatment took place prior to transportation to another site for final treatment and disposal.”
The Times, 26th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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United Utilities Water plc v Environment Agency for England and Wales – WLR Daily
United Utilities Water plc v Environment Agency for England and Wales [2007] UKHL 41
“The requirement for a permit to operate waste water treatment plants which disposed of non-hazardous water waste applied to plants where intermediate treatment took place prior to its transportation to another installation for further treatment and disposal. The House of Lords so held in dismissing an appeal by United Utilities Water plc against the decision of the Court of Appeal (Sir Anthony Clarke, MR, Laws and Smith LJJ) [2006] EWCA Civ 633 upholding an order of Nelson J that United Utilities required a permit from the Environment Agency for England and Wales for sludge treatment plants at Bolton, Davyhulme and Widnes.”
WLR Daily, 17th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (OSS Group Ltd) v Environment Agency – Times Law Reports
Waste Directive does not cover old lubricating oil used as fuel
R (OSS Group Ltd) v. Environment Agency
Court of Appeal
“Lubricating oil collected after use and processed into fuel oil for burning could cease to be waste before it was burnt.”
The Times, 6th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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R (OSS Group Ltd.) v. Environment Agency and others, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs intervening – WLR Daily
“A lubricating oil which was collected after use and processed into fuel oil for burning, could as a matter of law cease to be waste before it was burnt as fuel for the purposes of Council Directive 2006/12/EC (‘the Waste Framework Directive’).”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina (Thames Water Utilities Ltd.) v. Bromley Magistrates Court, Environment Agency, interested party – Times Law Reports
Escaped sewage was ‘discarded’ waste
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“Waste water which accidentally escaped from a sewerage system was discarded by the sewerage management undertaking and was waste within the EC Waste Directive.”
The Times, 25th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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