Environment Agency - Vital Earth fined �75,000 over waste offences: On 21 August 2012, Vital Earth GB Limited pleaded guilty at Derby Magistrates’ Court to depositing controlled waste on land in Derbyshire without an environmental permit between 10 March and 13 April 2011.
The company delivered material directly to 2 locations in Derbyshire, and caused the onward delivery of waste to a third. This material was in the form of compost contaminated with mixed waste such as plastics, metals and paper.
The company was fined �75,000, and ordered to pay �13,535.26 in costs, along with a �15 victim surcharge.
The charges were brought under section 33(1)(a) and (6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Vital Earth run a composting facility at Ashbourne Industrial Estate, Derbyshire.
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