Waste firms fined for burning refuse

By The Newsroom
Published 6th Jan 2012, 06:00 BST
TWO waste management companies have been fined £10,000 each after they were convicted of breaching environmental permits by burning refuse.

Grantscope Ltd and RG Wastecare Ltd both ran skip hire services from a site on the town’s Boulder Bridge Lane, Barnsley, and were investigated by the Environment Agency after complaints.

Fires were seen in skips on several dates in March and April 2010 and a joint operation with police led to the directors of the firms being arrested and charged.

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During a hearing at Barnsley magistrates court on Wednesday at which all charges were admitted, the firms were handed their fines and ordered to pay costs totalling £15,076.