Environment
Farmers 'under siege' from fly-tipping as incidents shoot up by 9% - CLA
Illegal dumpers are “turning farmland into rubbish tips”, according to the Country and Land Association (CLA). The farming organisation has...
Illegal dumping
Rural Life
Company boss fined £1.4m for illegal dumping on sites including farmland
A waste company owner has been ordered to hand over more than £1.4 million for illegally dumping in excess of...
N.Ireland
Antrim farmer fined £6k for illegal disposal of controlled waste
A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £6,000 by the Antrim Crown Court, after pleading guilty to two breaches of...
Rural Life
Diesel laundering waste costs Monaghan County Council €100,000
Monaghan County Council is expecting to spend around €100,000 this year dealing with the illegal dumping of diesel laundering waste....
Environment
Waste criminals fined £1,440 for illegal dumping
The Environment Agency has prosecuted Brian Ward, Patrick Ward and Patrick Ward (unrelated), at Wimbledon Magistrates Court for illegal dumping....
N.Ireland
Reward for information about culprits who dumped milk on Antrim coast
A DUP councillor has offered a reward for catching those responsible for dumping milk cartons off the Antrim coast in...
Rural Life
Farmer to fly-tippers: ‘I’m going to bring a load of buffalo dung and tip it in your shop’
Well-known buffalo farmer and butcher Steven Mitchell, best known for his business ‘The Buffalo Farm’, has taken to social media...
Rural Life
Hazardous waste dumped on farm in Dumfriesshire
A lorry-load of asbestos sheets dumped on a farm near Annan has shown the major flaws that exist in Scotland’s...
Agri Politics
Flytipping: 'Scotland’s beautiful countryside continues to be blighted by people’s rubbish'
Scotland’s leading rural and environmental organisations have written an open letter to Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate...
Rural Life
Farmer accused of dumping 'stinking' silage bales in row with holidaymakers
A Scottish farmer has been accused of dumping “stinking” bales of silage in a car park in John O’Groats in...
N.Ireland
Dead calves found dumped in plastic bags
Up to six dead calves have been found dumped in Co. Antrim in the past 24 hours in a “disgusting...
N.Ireland
Dead calves found dumped in plastic bags
Up to six dead calves have been found dumped over the past 24 hours in a “disgusting disregard for animals”...
N.Ireland
Dead calves found dumped in plastic bags
Up to six dead calves have been found dumped over the past 24 hours in a “disgusting disregard for animals”...
