£20,000 fine for passing off construction waste as topsoil

A plant-hire firm and a Cheshire farmer have been fined after admitting to various waste offences: TW Frizell (Haulage and Plant Hire) Limited was fined a total of £20,000, and farmer Rigby Williamson was fined £2,000. They were ordered to pay costs of £1,769.70 each.

Estelle Palin, prosecuting, told the court how Environment Agency investigations had revealed that TW Frizell had dumped construction, demolition and excavation waste on two sites in Cheshire, one of which was farm land off ... (201 more words)

Member login

If you are a member of the Workplace Law
Network, please enter your details below

My email address
My password
Keep me logged in:
	I've forgotten my password

Protecting your data

We take data protection very seriously. We will never share your data with third parties. We process data in accordance with: the Data Protection Act 1998; the 11th edition of the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Marketing Practice; and the DMA Direct Marketing Code of Practice.