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Strict new checks to stop a 'dead dog' from registering as a waste carrier in illegal dumping crackdown
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (445+ words) Monday, 18 May 2026 04: 22 By Dan Whitehead, news correspondent Waste carriers will be required to go through tough new identity, criminal record and technical checks in the latest move by the government to crack down on illegal dumping in England. Legislation will…...
Fish kill at Chinna Waddepally lake sparks compensation demand
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (310+ words) WARANGAL:" Thousands of fish died in Chinna Waddepally lake in Warangal over the past two days, prompting fishermen to seek compensation from the government for losses estimated at "30 lakh. Fishermen said nearly 10 tonnes of fish were found dead in the…...
Illegal dumping crackdown will mean tough new ID checks for waste carriers
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (594+ words) Monday, 18 May 2026 04: 22 By Dan Whitehead, news correspondent Waste carriers will be required to go through tough new identity, criminal record and technical checks in the latest move by the government to crack down on illegal dumping in England. Legislation will…...
Discarded mobile phone sparks emergency response at household waste site
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (110+ words) Firefighters were called to a household waste tip after a mobile phone discarded in rubbish sparked concerns of a blaze. One fire engine attended Margate Household Waste Recycling Centre off Manston Road, at 2. 45pm, following reports of a fire. Crews discovered…...
Punjab: PPCB, police raids take lid off illegal biomedical waste recycling racket
7+ hour, 45+ min ago (252+ words) Sources said plastic recycled from the biomedical waste was landing in the hands of those making medical equipment and even cheap toys. The sources said the lid was blown off this illegal trade after the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB),…...
Transportation/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Madison County Hazardous Waste Transporter Enter into Consent Order
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (182+ words) The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and Tri Haz Solutions, LLC (THS) entered into a May 6th Consent Order (CO) addressing alleged violation of the Alabama hazardous waste regulations. See Consent Order No. 26-XXX-CHW. The CO provides that THS operates…...
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Ouachita County School District Enter Into Consent Administrative Order
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (261+ words) The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and Harmony Grove School District 1 (HG) entered into a January 9th Consent Administrative Order (CAO) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)…...
Waste carrier licence checks to be tightened to stop illegal rubbish dumping
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (624+ words) New waste licencing rules will be laid out this week aimed at stopping waste carriers from exploiting loopholes and illegally dumping rubbish in England, the government has said. Laws laid this week will require waste carriers to prove they are…...
Property owner ignores asbestos stop-work order, fined $32, 000
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (574+ words) A danger asbestos warning sign taped, hanging on a sealed off doorway inside an older house. (Source: istock. com) A Palmerston North property owner has been fined $32, 000 after repeatedly ignoring orders to stop work on a building containing asbestos. Sanal…...
Ocala man hired to haul over 700 pounds of trash arrested on illegal dumping charge
14+ hour, 39+ min ago (341+ words) A 47-year-old Ocala man was arrested on a felony littering charge after he allegedly dumped over 700 pounds of garbage in a local cul-de-sac. On Tuesday, May 12, Marion County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Clarence Leroy Lewis III at his residence located…...