Waste carrier fined after depositing tonnes at illegal site

‘Devon waste carrier David Gorton has been told to pay £17,527 after he deposited waste at a site near Kingsteignton in Devon which was operating illegally.

Thousands of tonnes of mixed construction and demolition waste was found at the premises.

It was estimated it would cost at least £2.5M to remediate the site, which sits on a flood plain.

Registered waste carriers have a duty of care to ensure that they know where they are sending their waste and take steps to ensure that their waste is handled by legal sites.’

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