Environment Agency officers found waste piled well above the 2.5 m height allowed when they visited the Winters Haulage site in Southgate, north London.
Environment Agency officers found waste piled well above the 2.5 m height allowed when they visited the Winters Haulage site in Southgate, north London. The officers also found waste stored in a yard, which was not permitted.
The permit breaches occurred between June 2014 and January 2015. ‘Storing waste in excess of the amount permitted and outside rather than inside the designated covered area increases the potential risk to the environment and human health,’ said agency officer Ruth Shaw.
Company director Mark Winters acknowledged that the permit had been breached but said various problems, including an arson attack on another site in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, had caused a backlog of waste.
Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court fined the firm £15,000 and ordered it to pay costs of £13,878.34 and a surcharge of £120.
