The United Kingdom’s Environment Agency has fined a man £2,400 (around US$4,660) for running an illegal scrap yard
John Bull pled guilty to one offense under the Environmental Protection Act.
The plea followed an investigation in March, 2005, when two EA officers found scrap cards, along with scrap metal and other wastes on the defendant’s site. However, he did not have a waste management license, and neither Bull or JL Motors were registered as waste carriers.
In another case, the EA has fined another illegal scrap metal company and its director for dismantling vehicles without a waste management license. The company, Japanese Stars Ltd., located in Stratford, London, was fined £15,000.
Officers of the Environment Agency discovered more than 40 vehicles at the site that were being dismantled.
The firm pled guilty to five charges committed between Oct. 2004 and July 2005. Despite repeated warnings from Environment Agency officers, made during numerous visits, the firm continued to keep and treat controlled waste - end-of-life motor vehicles, and their parts - without the necessary license.
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