The consultancy is investigating compliance with extended producer responsibility obligations in online markets

A 49-year old man, who had previously worked in the waste industry, was fined £840 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £2,000

The environmental body is urging the general public to be vigilant in order to tackle the spike in illegal refuse disposal

The organisation has warned businesses that they must deal with plastic waste sustainably or else face penalisation

The waste management company has been found guilty of another instance of exporting mislabelled waste to Asia

Two reports, published by Material Focus and the Environmental Services Association, analyse the financial impact of waste crime

The Environment Agency (EA) national waste crime survey shows that large-scale fly-tipping remains one of the biggest problems for the sector

The ban includes the import of polyethylene plastic, following a Greenpeace report that found UK plastic waste illegally dumped across southern Turkey

Greenpeace are calling upon the UK Government to stop the export of plastic waste after evidence of illegal dumping and burning found in southern Turkey

Forty-four international environmental groups have co-signed a demand ordering Italy to return Italian municipal waste that was illegally shipped to Tunisia last year