The EA has published the enforcement undertakings (EU), voluntary offers made by offenders, accepted by the agency between 1 June and 31 September this year. EUs are a legally binding agreement that is considered in cases where it is not in the public interest to prosecute, and the offer is intended to remedy the offence whilst supporting environmental charities.
Nine of the enforcement undertakings accepted in this period were self-reported (proactive) and given out for breaches of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (as amended), according to the agency. More information can be found at ENDS Enforcement Undertakings Database.
Portland Basin Marina Limited - £2,000 to the East Manchester Community Boat Project.
This penalty relates to the deposit of dredging spoils on land at Portland Basin Marina and associated pollution of the river Tame, Dukinfield, Cheshire in November 2018.
LIL Packaging Limited- £20,000 to Little Ouse Headwaters Project
The penalty relates to the unauthorised discharge of printing ink and pollution of a tributary of the river Ouse, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in April 2020.
ARMO Skip Hire Limited- £2,600 to Feeding Families and £2,600 to Transition West Gateshead
The penalty relates to the unauthorised and excessive storage of waste at its permitted site at Blaydon, Gateshead between October 2019 and March 2021.
Augean South Limited - £25,000 to Rockingham Forest Trust
The penalty relates to pollution of groundwater at East Northants Resource Management Facility, King’s Cliffe, Peterborough during February 2020 and March 2020.
Cranswick Country Foods Public Limited Company- £75,000 to Norfolk Rivers Trust
The penalty relates to the unauthorised discharge of contaminated water and pollution of a watercourse from its abattoir at Thetford, Norfolk during July 2019 and August 2019.
Thames Water Utilities Limited- £20,000 to London Wildlife Trust, £30,000 to Croydon Local Authority, £50,000 to Thames21
The penalty relates to the unauthorised discharge of sewage at Wimbourne Way, Beckenham and pollution of St James Stream and Chaffinch Brook, Beckenham, Near London between January 2013 and March 2014.
Unielectronics Limited- £5,060 to The Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration years 2014 to 2017 inclusive.
Green & Brown Limited- £17,500 to Canal & River Trust
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration years 2014 to 2020 inclusive.
Marussia Beverages UK Limited- £26,807 to Keep Britain Tidy
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration years 2012 to 2018 inclusive.
T I Midwood & Co Limited- £48,628 to The National Forest
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration years 2000 to 2018 inclusive.
G&Z Trading Limited- £1,000 to The Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration year 2017.
La-Z-Boy UK Limited- £5,736 to Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration year 2020.
Imerys PCC UK Limited- £5,259 to Cheshire Wildlife Trust
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration years 2016 to 2019 inclusive.
Sazerac UK Limited- £45,088 to Surrey Wildlife Trust
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration years 2017 to 2019 inclusive.
Softcat PLC- £35,803 to The National Trust
The company failed to register and take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste between the registration years 2007 to 2020 inclusive.