ONYX FINED OVER HAZARDOUS WASTE AT PEBSHAM

WASTE company Onyx UK Ltd was fined Â£5,000 with Â£746.82 costs by Hastings Magistrates on Monday for dumping potentially hazardous clinical waste at Pebsham landfill site.

By The Newsroom

Published 24th Oct 2001, 10:57 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 19:47 BST

The company pleaded guilty to the charges of depositing controlled waste on land not in accordance with the Waste Management Licence and a breach of Duty of Care.

The court heard how Environment Agency staff were called to attend Pebsham landfill site on January 5 this year and found 20 clinical waste "sharps" bins and three yellow plastic sacks marked "clinical waste - incineration only".

Onyx pointed out that there had been no environmental damage and that the waste had subsequently been removed and incinerated.

Hastings Magistrates told the defendants that they had taken into account the lack of environmental impact but said the event was caused by carelessness and there was potential for environmental harm.

Environment Agency